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EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Toxicological experiments with nitrate of strychnine upon 

 geese, ducks, chickens, and pigeons, J. Schneider (J/r>??«/,>i/i. Prakt. 

 Tide I'll.. 11 {1900). ^o. 0, j^>p. ii?4J-i:^6'P).— The experiments reported 

 upon in this paper included h^'poderniic injeetioiis of strychnine in 

 the breasts of domesticated birds and the feeding- of strychnine by 

 way of the mouth. The g-eneral results o])tained from th(^se experi- 

 ments may be tabulated as follows: 



Do»i' of iitrijclmlne per kUogram /Ire ireight. 



Given hypodermically. 



Therapeu- 

 tic dose. 



My. 



Oeese 



Ducks 



Chickens 

 Pigeons . . 



1.0 



- .75 



Minimum 

 lethal 

 dose. 



M<i. 

 1.0 



0.1-1.1 

 3.0 

 1.0 



Given bv wav of mouth. 



Therapeu- 

 tic dose. 



Mq. 



O.C 

 1..T-2.0 

 2.0-3.0 



G.O 



Minimum 

 lethal 

 dose. 



M'J- 



2.5 



3.0-4.5 



30.0 



8.5 



From these data it appears that pig-eons are least susceptible to 

 internal doses of strychnine so long as the experiments are confined 

 to therapeutic doses, while chickens manifest the greatest resisting 

 power against lethal doses. The experimental birds which were killed, 

 whether by internal or hypodermic doses of strychnine, were cooked 

 and eaten without experiencing any peculiarity in the taste of the 

 meat or any efi'ects from the strychnine. 



Handbook of meat inspection for veterinarians, physicians, and judg-es, 



R. OsTERT.\(i {Handbuch der Fleischbescltau fiir Timirzte, Arzte nnd lilcliter. ,StuUgari: 

 Ferdinand Enke, 1899, 3. ed., pp. 903, figs. 251, pi. 1).— This book is a general treatise 

 on the subject of meat inspection, and contains discussions of the following related 

 matters: Government regulations of the sale of meat, inspection of animals before 

 slaughter, inspection of carcasses, the normal appearance of various organs, abnormal 

 physiological conditions, general pathology of slaughtered animals from the health 

 officers' standpoint, organic diseases of special importance, anomalies of the blood, 

 cases of poisoning, animal parasites, plant parasites, slaughter for acute infectious 

 diseases, post-mortem changes in meat, coloring and inflation of meat, preservation 

 of meat, boiling, and steam sterilization. 



The taking- of samples for trichina inspection, C. No.\ck ( Deut. Thierarztl. 

 Wchnschr., S [1900), No. S, pp. 66, 67). — Detailed directions for the selection of 

 samples from jneat to be inspected in order that the inspection may give reliable 

 results. 



The examination of condemned meat, H. L. I'.llekman [Tijdxclir. Ventrtxenijk 

 en Veeteelt, 27 {1900), No. 2, pp. 99-126). — A detailed account of the iiictiiods of 

 inspecting meat for the i)resence of various diseases. 



The meat inspection law of the United States, A. Moli>ew (Zhclir. Fleixvh n. 

 Milrhliyg., lu (1900), No. 6, jip. 101-106). — A critical examination of the law of this 

 country concerning meat inspection. 



The treatment of acute muscular rheumatism with acetanilid, E. Zincke 

 {Dent. Tlueriirzil Wvhnxchr., S (1900), .Yo. cS", ^v'- '^'-^ ^^"'O-— This article discusses the 

 symptoms of muscular rhciunatisni and reports the successful use of acetanilid in 

 treating it. 



