YK'l ERINAR1 M 1- DICINE. 7<>1 



caa s of contagious mammitis the author reports g I success from the use of an 



ointment consisting of equal parts of lanolin and lard mixed with \ dr. each of calo- 

 mel and carbolic acid for every 2 oz. of the base. The external lesions in bad cases 

 of contagious mammitis are perhaps irritated to considerable extenl by milking. 

 The use <it' a milking siphon, however, in Buch cases seems to be a doubtful procedure, 

 for t hi- reason that the infection might be thereby Bpread. 



Abortion and sterility in cows, .1. A. Gilri in [Jour. Dept. Agr. So. Aust., 9 

 (1905), No. 4, />/>. 255- 261). — These diseases, though usually separated, an- in reality 

 closely associated and cause greal losses annually in South Australia. 



The symptoms and means of dissemination of this disease are described. The 

 method of procedure in treating cows consists in tin- free use of antiseptics. During 

 the past 3 years several thousand cows have been treated with antiseptic washes of 

 corrosive sublimate ami almost uniformly the results have been satisfactory. 



Hemorrhagic enteritis of cattle, Cn \i sse Rec. Med. Vet., 83 \ 1905 \, No. 23, />/>. 

 —From the accounts of various investigators relating t«> this disease it 

 appears that it is not always 'In.- to th«- same cause. The various forms of the dis- 

 ease are briefly described ami note- an- given on the pathological lesions. No satis- 

 factory treatment has been devised. In a few cases hypodermic injection- of ergotine 

 in doses of 0.5 to :: gm. daily have proved efficacious. 



Contagious conjunctivitis of cattle, I . A. Vebnei Natal Agr. Jour, and Min. 

 Bee., 8 (1905), No. 11, pp. 1<>;:>, 1080). — This disease usually affects young cakes, 

 hut sometimes occurs among adult animals. The symptoms are briefly described. 

 It is evidently contagious, ami diseased animals should, therefore, be quarantined. 

 As a direct treatment for the eye, the author recommends a solution of nitrate of 

 silver ami extract of belladonna containing 8 grains each to an ounce of water. 



Contagious pleuro-pneumonia, I>. Hutcheon (Agr. Jour. Capi Good Hope, 27 

 (1905), No. 6, pp. 756-778). — According to the observations of the author the period 

 of incubation of the disease ranges from 42 to 59 days, and death occurs within from 

 17 to 33 days after the disease appears. 



The symptoms and post-mortem lesions are described in detail. In securing virus 

 for use in preventive inoculation an animal in the first stages of the disease should 

 he selected and killed. The pleural fluid may then be removed under aseptic con- 

 ditions and used for inoculation of healthy animals. Inoculation does not always 

 render animals immune. In some cases the vaccine does not appear to take. 



The author found that the pleural fluid could also he used successfully in prevent- 

 ing the disease when applied as a drench. In this operation the fluid should he col- 

 lected in a careful manner ami strained, after which it i- given a- a drench without 

 the addition of water. Care should he exercised m.t to cause any abrasion of the 

 mucous membranes during the operation, since otherwise a fatal infection may take 



place. 



Experiments with septicidin in septic pleuro-pneumonia of calves, Ebeb- 

 hard (Berlin. Tierarztl. Wchnschr., 1905, .Y<<. ;.'/, pp. 829, 830). — On account of the 

 prevalence of tin- disease and the difficulty of eradicating it by ordinary means, the 

 author tested septicidin for this purpose. 



During one outbreak of the disease the author vaccinated 15 calve-. Each calf 

 received LO cc. of the septicidin hypodermically. None of the vaccinated calves 

 became infected. The same remedy wa- te-ted on another estate with equally satis- 

 factory results. It was not used for curative purposes. 



Epizootic lymphangitis, S. T. Amos {.\<i/<i/ Agr. Jour. <(it>l Min. /.'< 

 No. 10, pp. 993-996, pJ. 1). — Infection from this disease usually takes place through 

 skin wounds chiefly on the ribs ami Hank, hut also on the fore limbs. 



The post-mortem appearances of the disease an- described and notes an- given on 

 the treatment. In cases which have been allowed to run for a Ion- time without 



