VETEKINARY SCIENCE AND PRACTICE. 685 



were found in improper feeding- iind lack of .slielter, which lowered the 

 vitality of the animals. 



Red water is reported as prevalent in certain districts, especially on 

 dairy farms, where it was invarial)l\' associated with injudicious feed- 

 ing of turnips. 



The chloral hydrate treatment for milk fever is reported as giving- 

 satisfactory results in the hands of many farmers. The Schmidt treat- 

 ment has been tried with still better results. 



Notes are also given on the etiology and treatment of cirrhosis of the 

 liver in cattle and sheep, septicj^mia in domesticated animals, acute 

 congestion of the kidneys in lambs, etc. 



Annual report for 1899 from the principal of the Royal Veteri- 

 nary College, J. McFadyean {Jour. Roy. A(jr. /Soc. England ., 3. s,'/'..,ll 

 (1900), J^l). l.,2W- 93-109). — The author gives brief notes on the preva- 

 lence during the year of anthrax, glanders, pleuro-pneumonia, rabies, 

 and swine fever. Considerable work was done on tuberculosis in cattle 

 and in sheep, 11,151 tuberculin tests in cattle having been reported 

 during the year. The percentage of tuberculous animals was 21. Brief 

 notes are given on the symptoms and course of tuberculosis of the 

 udder. One case of tuberculosis in sheep is reported and the author 

 states this is the first indubitable case among British sheep. Suspected 

 material from this sheep was inoculated into rabbits and resulted in 

 producing the typical lesions of tuberculosis. 



The author makes a report on a new disease of the dog which was 

 observed in various parts of southern England and is believed to be 

 identical with the disease which was reported as very fatal to dogs in 

 parts of Germany during the autumn of 1898. The principal sjnnp- 

 toms of the disease were prostration and vomiting. About 75 per cent 

 of the cases were fatal and the average duration of the disease was 

 from 4: to days. The disease is readily distinguishable from distem- 

 per by the fact that it attacks more frequently old dogs. 



Brief notes are presented on sarcoptic mange of cattle, the African 

 horse-sickness, and the curability of glanders. The last two subjects 

 have already been referred to at greater length (E. S. K., 12, p. 202). 



Flasmodiophora brassicee as a cause of tumors in animals, W. 

 PoDWYSSOTZKi {Ccnthl. B<(lt. X. Par., 1. Aht.^ ^27 {1000), Xo. J, ^>p. 

 97-101). — The author instituted experiments in hypodermic and intra- 

 peritoneal inoculations of this organism in rabbits, guinea pigs, frogs, 

 and axolotl. Tumors of true parasitic origin were produced and the 

 author states the results of his experiments as follows: Tumors may 

 be produced in animals by inoculation with Vlamnodloplwra Jjrassicw. 

 The tumors are of mesodermal origin and arise as the result of a 

 hypertrophy and proliferation of the thick connective tissue. Spores 

 of this organism are formed in the cells of the tumors either singly or 

 in large numbers. The spores are present in larger numbers in the 



