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experiments Iambi were Belected aboul I months of age and coming from herds 

 which were free from the disease. These animals were inoculated cutaneously, bud- 

 cotaneously, and also into the peritoneum and trachea. The period of incubation 

 and Bymptoms of the disease from these various forms of inoculation were studied, 

 :ti i< I a genera] classification is presented of the -> mptoms which assist in the diagno- 

 se of the disease and the determination of the period of its development. 



Serum treatment of sheep pox, 1 . .1. Bosi ( ompt. Rend. Soc. Biol. [ Pai 

 . No. 37, pp. 641 649). During the author's investigation of this dis< 

 study was made of the action of various mixtures of virus and the serum of hyper- 

 immunized animals in treating sheep pox. 



The curative action of the mixture of virus and the serum was practically nil. its 

 preventive action, however, was striking. The technique of this treatmenl is com- 

 paratively simple. Animals an> inoculated with virnlent virus in the ear. Subse- 

 quently a hypodermic injection of 10 to L5 cc. of the scrum of hyperimmunized ani- 

 mals is given. This method yielded excellent results, no! only in the laboratory bul 

 also in field work under unfavorable condition-. 



New facts concerning- the etiology of hog cholera, E. A. in: S< bweinitz and 

 M. Dorset [U. S. Vept. Agr., Bur. Anim. Indus. Circ. 72, pp. 157-162) .-^This is 

 reprinted from the Twentieth Annual Report of the Bureau of Animal Industry, Pan:; 



1 - i;.. i»;. p. 724). 



Glanders, .1. McFadyean [.lour. Compaq Path, and Ther. } 11 (1904), No. 4, pp. 

 : \. — A historical statement is given concerning the exact knowledge of the 

 nature of glanders. The glanders bacillus is described, and notes are given on its 

 behavior upon different culture media. 



Particular attention is given to an account of the methods of infection of -lander.-. 

 The author succeeded in artificially infecting 4 horses with glanders by adding 

 glanders bacilli to the teed. Detailed notes are given on the distribution of the 

 glanderous lesions in these 4 cases. As a result of this study it is believed that 

 ingestion may be the common natural method of infection with glanders. This 

 belief is at least strengthened by the evidence which the author presents, showing 



that the lesions in spontaneous cases Of glanders and in those due to artificial infec- 

 tion through the alimentary tract are very similar. 



The etiology of contagious pleuro-pneumonia and related diseases in the 

 horse, M. <.. Tartaeovsei I .1 rch. Vet. Nauk [St. Petersb.], 34 I 1904), Nos. 10, pp. 766 

 7.v,\- ii, pp. 875-933, figs. 8). — The literature of this disease is critically discussed in 

 connection with bibliographical references. 



The author carried oul numerous experiments in the treatment of the disease, with 

 especial reference to the determination of its etiology. As a result of these experi- 

 ments it is concluded that contagious pleuro-pneumonia of horse- is a specific disease 

 belonging to the group of hemorrhagic septicemia. It closely resembles, in many 



respect-, -w ine plague and septicemia of rabbits. It usually occurs in the form of an 



epizootic and may i>e complicated with a number of other diseases. All affected 

 animals should he closely quarantined, and expose.! animals should be given serum 

 treatment. 



The forms of pneumonia in the horse, V. I >rouin Rt u. Gin. MSd. I '>'/.. ." 



.—Statistical data are presented showing the number of deaths in 

 horses from pneumonia from L897 to L 903/ as well as the percentage of pneumonia 

 imong the total number of deaths in horses during the same period. The various 

 forms of traumatic and infectious pneumonia are described in considerable detail 

 with notes mi the usual methods of treatment. 



The trypanosoma of dourine and its life history, A. LiNOABD [Centbl. Bakt. 

 ['/'••]. /. Abt., Orig., 87 (1904) t No. 4, pp. 687-647)* — This organism varies in size 

 according to the age of the parasite. The disease is transmitted chiefly during 



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