VETERINARY MEDICINE. 



The relation between human and animal tuberculosis, Dammann I >■ 

 Tierarztl. Wchnschr., 12 {1904), No. 58, pp. Attention is called to the 



results recentl) announced by the German Imperial Commission on the investiga- 

 tion of tuberculosis. 



The author has been carrying on experiments along this line for a number of 

 years ami has found that there are races of human tubercle bacilli which are capa- 

 ble of producing general and fatal tuberculosis in calves and hogs within a c para- 



tivt'lv sh«.rt time. Detailed notes are given on the number of inoculation experi- 

 ments with such material and on the post-mortem examination of the experimental 

 animals. Material was obtained from a human case of peritoneal tuberculosis, and 

 when inoculated subcutaneously into hogs produced striking eases of pulmonary 

 tuberculosis. The experimental animals died within from 28 to 12 days. 



Combating- bovine tuberculosis on the basis of the unity of this disease, 

 Mokky i Rev. Gen. M<'<L Vt't., 8 ( 1904), -V-.. 85, pp. 571 592). An obligatory system 

 of prevention is recommended, based on the application of the tuberculin tesl to all 

 cattle in affected herds. The value of the tuberculin test is discussed in connection 

 with a g?neral argumenl of the necessity of controlling tuberculosis, both from a 

 standpoint of animal production and human health. 



Heart water in cattle, V. A. Verne? {Natal Agr. Jour, "ml Min. Tlec, 7 | 1904), 

 \". //,;>/>. 1009-1013, pi. J). — Several outbreaks of this disease wen- observed by 

 the author. The blood from diseased animals when inoculated into healthy animals 

 produces symptoms of the disease after an incubation period of from 5 to L5 days. 

 The micro-organism, which is the cause of this disease, has not been isolated, hut 

 experiments have shown that it must he transmitted by the bont tick ( Amblyomma 

 h> bra "/// ). 



Rinderpest and the action of Koch's method of bile inoculation, Haedicke 

 {Berlin. Tierarztl. Wchnschr., 1904, No. 50, pp. 828 828).— A brief historic statement 

 is made concerning the distribution of rinderpest and the Losses caused by this dis- 

 ease. Notes are also given on the symptoms and pathology of rinderpest. 



The author carried on a number of experiments according to the method of vacci- 

 nation by means of bile. It is conclude* 1 as a result of these studies and observations 

 that rinderpest is enzootic in China. Korea, and Japan. The disease is transmitted 

 by contact In regions affected with rinderpest, morning temperatures of 38.9° C. 

 or higher, as well as temperatures under 37.1° C, are to be considered as suspicious. 



A passive immunity is produced by the use of LO cc. of bile by the hypodermic 

 method. Such a vaccination influences the course of subsequent infection so that in 

 66 per cent of the cases the acute form of the disease does not appear, while in the 

 remaining 24 per cent the course of the disease is shortened and much modified. 

 The mortality after such treatment was about LO per cent. 



The immunizing- action of the bile of cattle affected with rinderpest, C. 

 Adam {Clin. Vet. [Milan], 27 {1904), No. 48, pp. 285-290). — In order to bring about 

 immunity by the use of bile it is recommended that subcutaneous injections he 

 administered in doses of pi <■»■. For this purpose the bile should be collected under 



antiseptic conditions. 



Not all qualities of bile are adapted for use in producing immunity. No blood 

 should be mixed with the bile, since in such cases the active principle of the bile 

 seems to be destroyed. Bile may be desiccated and may thus continue to show an 

 immunizing property for 50 to 80 days. When bile from cattle affected with rinder- 

 pest is heated to a temperature of <><> & C. it Loses its immunizing property entirely. 



The Molteno cattle disease, YV. B.Chase {Agr. Jour. Cape Good Hope, 25 

 {1904), No. 6, pp. 675-678). — The symptoms of this disease are briefly described. 



Asa rule, affected animals are noticed to be sick only .'! or 4 days before death. 

 When examined post-mortem, animals show a pronounced chronic cirrhosisof the 

 liver and this is the most conspicuous lesion of the disease. Inoculation experiments 



