40() EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



tu variuut^ tli.<fa<e.^ than the}' otherwine would be. Tliese tlieuric;^ are di^-euss-ed with 

 illustrations and arguments upon the conditions observed in heartwater, South African 

 horse sickness, flukeworms, tuberculosis, cancer, leprosy, etc. 



Experiments on animals, S. Paget {London: John Miirr<n/, 190S, rev. ed., 

 ])p. XVI~SS7, 2)1. 1). — The author's purpose in the preparation of this volume was 

 to present a review of the important results in human and veterinary medicine which 

 have been obtained through experiments on animals. This new edition includes, in 

 addition to the old material, a special discussion of results which have recently been 

 obtained in work on malaria, yellow fever, filariasis, tuberculosis, etc. In addition 

 to the subject already mentioned the volume contains an account of experiments 

 made on the l)lood, lacteals, gastric juice, glycogen, pancreas, growth of bone, nerv- 

 ous system, anthrax, septicemia, diphtheria, tetanus, rabies, cholera, plague, typhoid 

 fever, action of drugs, snake venom, parasitic diseases, etc. 



Report on tlie veterinary service for the year 1902, W. Littlewood {Jour. 

 Khedir. Agr. Soc. and School Agr., 5 {1903), No. 2, jrp. 52-55). — Brief notes on the 

 various animal diseases which were observed during the year, and also on the vaccine 

 institute, veterinary schools, abattoirs, and the importation of animals. 



Report of the State veterinarian, D. F. Luckey {Missouri State Bd. Agr. Rpt. 

 1902, pp. 29-34, 366-374)- — Brief notes on malignant catarrh in cattle, various hog 

 and sheep diseases, blackleg, Texas fever, etc. A tabulated list is presented of the 

 various cases of disease in animals visited by the author and his deputies. 



The agreement between Austro-Hungary and Germany with, regard to 

 animal plagues {Arch. Deui. Landic. Raths, 27 {1903), pp. 163-193). — A copy of this 

 agreement, which has been in force since December 6, 1891, is given. As a result of 

 a discussion of this subject it was concluded that in the event of a future modification 

 of commercial treaties between Germany and Austro-Hungary, no specification 

 should be included regarding animal plagues, but that this matter should be left 

 subject to the Animal Plague Law. 



Suggestions regarding the modifications of the Animal Plague Law {Arch. 

 Deut. Landw. licdhs, 27 {1903), pp. 227-397). — A copy is given of the Animal Plague 

 Law of Germany, passed June 23, 1880, and May 1, 1894. During an extended dis- 

 cussion of the features of this law a number of c'hanges were suggested. It was 

 recommended that unloading stations for animals be provided with impervious floors 

 and that this recommendation should also be applied to markets and trading booths. 

 It was also recommended that the compulsory notification of tuberculosis in animals 

 should be required of laymen only in case of the presence of easily recognized clinical 

 symptoms. 



Human and bovine tuberculosis, E. Nocard {Rev. Gtn. Med. Vet., 1 {1903), No. 

 1, pp. 1-9). — The author combats Koch's view of the nonidentity of these two forms of 

 tuberculosis and presents arguments in support of the view that cattle are not refrac- 

 tory to human tuberculosis in general, but only to certain races of tubercle bacilli of 

 human origin. The author believes that the disease is transmissible from man to 

 animals and from animals to man, and urges that sanitary measures should still be 

 maintained with regard to the control of tuberculous milk and meat. 



Discussion of tuberculosis in children: Its relation to bovine tuberculosis, 

 X. Raw {Britisit Med. .Tour., 1903, No. 2226, pp. 470-474). — A large number of cases 

 of tuberculosis in children were critically investigated for the purpose of judging the 

 evidence regarding the source of infection. As the result of these studies the author 

 concludes that bovine tuberculosis is very virulent for children and is the cause of 

 tabes mesenterica and other varieties of abdominal tuberculosis. The author inclines 

 to accept the view that there are two forms of tuberculosis, both of which affect man, 

 and believes that bovine tuberculosis is more virulent for children than the human 

 form of the disease. The author's paper was discussed in detail by a number of 



