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Agron. Gembloux, 1900, Xo. 6S, pp. 9-11). — The veterinan' service having heard 

 rumors of the fraudulent ui«e of antipyretics for the purpose of preventing the reaction 

 of cattle to the tuberculin test undertook the analysis of the urine of tested animals 

 for the purpose of determining whether such substances had been used fraudulently 

 or not. Salicylate of soda and salol are the substances which have thus far been 

 detected and they were present in the urine in the form of salicylic acid. For the 

 purpose of coming to more definite conclusions in this matter further investigations 

 will be made on antipyrin and coloiing matters in the ui-ine. 



Changes in tlie kidneys during pulmonary tuberculosis in relation to the 

 excretion of the tubercle toxin and the tubercle bacillus, G. b'ArrictO [Centbl. 

 Buki. u. Par., 1. Aht., 28 {1900), No, S-9, jip. 235-22S) .—Dnv'mg pulmonary tubercu- 

 losis it was found that alterations were produced in the blood vessels, interstitial con- 

 nective tissues, glomeruli, and epithelium of the kidneys. At first the tubercle toxin 

 is present only in small quantities and is not accompanied by the tubercle bacillus, 

 but after pathological changes have been produced in the kidneys by the action of the 

 toxin the tubercle bacillus soon invades the kidneys and may in many instances be 

 the primary cause of death. 



Transmission of tuberculosis through the meat and milk supply, J. J. Repp 

 {Reprint from Pidladelphia Med. Jour., 1900, Aug. 11, pp. 22). — The author presents 

 a critical account of the literature relating to the transmission of tuberculosis from 

 animal to animal and from animal to man by means of meat, artificial inoculation, 

 milk supply, and other natural methods. The author believes that the results thus 

 far obtained indicate that tuberculosis may be transmitted to the lower animals by 

 the ingestion of tuberculous meat or milk and that the meat and milk of certain 

 tuberculous animals contain living virulent bacilli. 



Acceleration in the culture of the tubercle bacillus, W. Hesse {Centhl. Bakt. 

 u. Par., 1. Aht., 28 {1900), No. 8-9, pp. 255-257).— A- controversial article regarding 

 the method already proposed by the author for the speedy cultural diagnosis of 'the 

 tubercle bacillus. 



Texas fever in the South, R. W. Cl.\rk {Farm Students' Per., 5 {1900), No. 10, 

 p. 149). — A brief discussion of the nature of Texas fever and of the great economic 

 importance of imnuinization methods against this disease. 



The prevention of Texas cattle fever and the amended laws controlling 

 contagious and infectious diseases, C. McCulloch ( Virginia Sta. Bid. I04, pp. 

 165-180, fig. 1) . — This bulletin contains a brief review of the experimental work 

 done on the cattle tick and Texas fever by the Bureau of Animal Industry of this 

 Department and the agricultural experiment stations in Texas, Missouri, and Louisi- 

 ana. Appended to this review is a copy of the act of the general assembly of 

 Virginia providing for the jirotection of domestic animals and for the establishment 

 of quarantine laws, rules, and regulations. 



Blackleg: Its nature, cause, and prevention, V. A. Norgaard ( U. *S'. DejA. 

 Agr., Bureau of Animal Industrij Circ. 31, pp. 22). — This circular is an abstract of the 

 author's article on the same subject in the Fifteenth Annual Report of the Bureau 

 (E.S.R., 10, pp. 991-993). 



Blackleg vaccine, E. P. Niles {Virginia Sta. Bui. lOS, pp. 153-1G3, figs. 2). — A 

 revision of Bulletin 90 of the station (E. S. R., 11, p. 494). 



The Cyprus sphalangi and its connection with anthrax, G. A. Williamson 

 {Briti.^ih Med. Jour., 1900, No. 2070, pp. 558-361, figs. 7). — The insects called sphalangi 

 in Cyprus belong to the genus Mutille. A number of cases of anthrax in man are 

 reported by the author, with accounts of the circumstances surrounding the cases. 

 The author believes that the anthrax bacillus is frequently carried upon the spha- 

 langi insects, and that human beings may become inoculated with the disease either 

 from the bites of the infected insects or from their contact with wounds. 



Variations in the power of anthrax bacillus in liquefying gelatin, T. 

 Matzuschitka {Centbl. Bakt. u. Par., 1 Abt., 28 {1900), No. 10-11, pp. 303, 304).— Cnl- 



