VETEEINARY SCIENCE AND PRACTICE. 611 



Report of the State veterinarian, L. Pearson {Pennsylvania State Dept. Agr. 

 Rpt. 1902, pt. J, pp. 99-170). — During the year a diminiition in the prevalence of 

 tuberculosis, anthrax, and blackleg was noted, while a slight increase was observed 

 in glanders, hog cholera, and rabies. A disease of cattle frequently referred to as 

 "mountain disease," and i)opuIarly supposed to be due to poisonous plants, was 

 shown to be hemorrhagic septicemia identical with that observed in Minnesota, 

 Wisconsin, etc. 



Notes are given on the methods of immunization of cattle against tuberculosis by 

 the use of attenuated cultures. During the year about 60,000 doses of tuberculin, 

 together with large quantities of mallein and anthrax vaccine were made and dis- 

 tributed. Papers on the intercommunicability of human and bovine tuberculosis, 

 by M. P. Ravenel, and on the immunization of cattle against tuberculosis, by li. 

 Pearson and S. H. Gilliland, are reprinted (E. S. R., 14, pp. 609, 610). Notes are 

 also presented on anthrax, blackleg, hemorrhagic septicemia, abortion, ergotism, 

 forage poisoning, glanders, Texas fever, rabies, hog cholera, and foot-and-mouth 

 disease. A copy is also given of a law for the prevention of rabies, authorizing 

 (juarantine and muzzling of dogs. 



Infectious diseases; their etiology, diagnosis, and treatment, G. H. Roger, 

 trans, by M. Gabriel {Neio York and PMladeJpMa: Lea Brothers cfc Co., 1903, pp. 

 F/+ 874, figs. 43). — While this volume treats primarily of human diseases, a large 

 proportion of the text is occupied with a discussion of the general characters of patho- 

 genic bacteria, the etiology and pathogenesis of infections, the reactions of the organ- 

 ism to pathogenic bacteria, and the general subjects of immunity and predisposition to 

 infectious diseases. An elaborate review is presented of the subject of tuberculosis 

 in mammals, birds, and cold-blooded animals, and the relationship of tuberculosis in 

 animals and man. 



Infectious diseases of our farm animals, W. H. Dalrvmple {Proc. Nat. Live 

 Stock Assoc, 6 {1903), pp. 2W-230). — Notes are given on the usual means by which 

 various animal diseases are spread from place to place. The most important cattle 

 diseases are mentioned and notes are given on methods which may be adopted for 

 preventing their universal distribution. Attention is called to the importance of 

 observing all possible sanitary precautions and applying disinfection after outbreaks 

 of contagious diseases. 



Certain diseases of animals and their relation to those of man, E. Wiener 

 ( Ztschr. Landw. Versuchsw. Ocsterr. , 6 ( 1903) , No. 9, pp. 653-723). — The diseases to which 

 the author devotes especial attention *in this article are tuberculosis, anthrax, glan- 

 ders, bubonic plague, and rabies. The agency of rats in carrying plague is briefly 

 discussed. Statistics are given on a number of cases of anthrax in various domestic 

 animals and man in the German Empire during the year 1900, and the literature 

 relating to disinfection after the occurrence of anthrax is briefly discussed. 



The author notes also the conditions under which glanders may be transmitted 

 from animals to man and presents statistics on the prevalence of rabies in the German 

 Empire. The greater portion of the article is occupied with an elaborate review of 

 the tuberculosis question and the conclusion is reached that tuberculosis of man and 

 animals is one and the same disease. Notes are also given on botulism and other 

 forms of ptomaine poisoning. 



Animal diseases, G. d'Utra {Bol. Agr. ScLo Paulo, 4. ser., 1903, No. 8, pp. 351- 

 374)- — The author describes the symptoms and pathological anatomy of nagana, 

 surra, mal de caderas, and dourine. Notes are also given on the differential diagno- 

 sis of these diseases and on the insects which are concerned in their transmission. 



Medico-veterinary observations for the province of Verona for the years 

 1898-1900, F. Bruni {Atti e Mem. Accad. Agr., Sci., Let., Arti e Com. Veromi, 4- 

 ser., 3 {1902-3), jyp. 1-41)- — Notes are given on the more important diseases of man, 

 especially tuberculosis, which prevailed during these 3 years, together with an 



