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Symptomatology and diagnosis of animal diseases, < '. Cadeai Simiologit 

 it diagnostic des maladies des animaux domestiques. Paris: •/. /;. BailliPri & - 

 1905, vol. /./v. f50,figs.57; vol. 2, pp. 582, figs. 129). These volumes treal in con- 

 siderable detail of the symptoms and methods of diagnosing various kinds of dis- 

 eases which affecl domesticated animals. 



Tlif material discussed in the 2 volumes is arranged according to the parts of the 

 body affected and includes diseases <>t' the digestive organs, respiratory apparatus, 

 circulation, urinogenital organs, nervous system, special senses, and locomotor 

 organs. Special chapters are devoted to a general consideration of animal diseases 

 and means <.i combating them. 



Trypanosomes and trypanosomiases, A. Laveran ami 1". Mesnil (Trypano- 

 somes el trypanosomiases. Paris: Masson .v- Co., 1904, pp- XI $18, r l. I, figs. 61). 

 In this volume the authors have brought together a summary of accounts of their 

 own and other authors' investigations regarding the morphology ami biology of 

 trypanosomes and the symptoms, distribution, ami treatment <>t' diseases caused by 

 i hese organisms. 



In a discussion of these problems numerous references urn made to the literature 

 lit' the subject. The volume contains chapters on the distribution of trypanosomiases, 

 technique for the study of trypanosomes, the morphology of various species of try- 

 panosomes, nagana, surra, mal de caderas, dourine, galziekte, trypanosomiases of 

 mam birds, reptiles, amphibia, and fish. An account is also presented of the tsetse 

 Hies, with an analytical table for determining these species. 



Diseases due to trypanosomes, L. Panisset {Rev. Gen. Med. I'//.. ; (1904), 

 No. 47, pp. 585-604, figs. < s '). — The general distribution of trypanosomiases is dis- 

 cussed, with notes on the species of animals affected and an outline of the symptoms 

 as observed indifferent diseases of this group. Particular attention is given tosurra, 

 nagana, and dourine. These diseases are believed to be transmitted by various 

 biting insects, such as tsetse fly, species of Tabanus, Stomoxys, Hippobosca, etc. 



The cultivation of trypanosomata, K. D. Smedley [.lour. Hyg. [Cambridge'], 5 

 (1905), No. 1, pp. 24-47, pis. 2). — A table is given showing the various specie- of 

 trypanosomata thus far discovered, the names of the discoverers, the host affected, 

 and the common names of the disease. 



Particular attention is given by the author to the cultivation of Trypanosoma L wisi, 

 and T. brucei. The former was cultivated for 9 generations during a period of 9 

 months without apparent change, while the latter was cultivated through 3 genera- 

 tions for a period slightly exceeding 80 days. From a study of well-stained prepara- 

 tions of the rat trypanosomata it was found that the cultural forms differ considerably 

 from those of the adult parasite found in the Mood. 



Hemorrhagic septicemia of domesticated animals, J. Taufer ( Fortschr. Vet. 

 Hyg., 2 (1904), Nos. 7, pp. 188-204; 8, pp 209-220; 9, />/>. 240-251, figs. 8).— The 

 author present.; a general system of classification for disease- caused byovoid bacteria 

 and belonging to the group of pasteurelloses. This group of diseases affects fowls, rab- 

 bits, dogs, eats, hogs, sheep, goats, cattle, horses, and buffalo. 



The more important diseases of this group are hemorrhagic septicemia of cattle, 

 fowl cholera, buffalo plague, swine plague, and hog cholera. These diseases may 

 occur in various forms hut possess certain striking features of resemblance. As a 

 result ot the author's observations of various forms of septicemia ami experiments 

 with the organisms which cause these diseases it tfas concluded that hemorrhagic 

 septicemia of cattle sometimes occurs in an epizootic form in < iermany and is due to 

 an ovoid bacterium. 



The organism of this disease must be classified with the group of pastenrella accord- 

 ing to its morphological and biological characters. The pastenrella of the disease 

 resembles in its virulence that of hog cholera and fowl cholera. All of these organ- 

 isms are believed to be closely related. The organism of hemorrhagic septicemia of 



