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locality about sheep corrals. A few cases of spontaneous recovery 

 from the apoplectic form of anthrax are recorded. Preventive vacci- 

 nation against blackleg" gave good results in 000 young cattle. A 

 detailed report is made on the prevalence of rabies. In the case of a 

 horse which was bitten by a rabid dog, an incubative period of 21 

 months was noted. Notes are also given on foot-and-mouth disease, 

 pneumonia, and glanders. Foth's mallein was used in the study of an 

 epidemic of glanders. Two horses which gave no reaction to the 

 first injection manifested symptoms of glanders 17 days later, and of 

 8 horses which gave a typical reaction, only 2 proved to be infected 

 with glanders. 



Brief accounts are given on the prevalence of tuberculosis and hog 

 cholera. The average cost of applying the Lorenz vaccination method 

 for hog cholera was about 12 cts. The vaccination had no injurious 

 effect upon the hogs. In a number of localities where hog cholera 

 had caused annual losses of considerable severity, this disease was 

 apparently eradicated by vaccination. Brief notes are also given on 

 cowpox, actinomycosis, mineral and plant poisoning, organic diseases, 

 and meat inspection. 



Texas fever in the Argentine Republic, Lignieres {Rec. MM. 

 Yet., Paris, 8. ser., 7 {1900), No. 22,2>2^. 735-77 Jf, figs. 3).— In Argentina 

 and Uruguay this disease is known by the name of " tristeza." The 

 author presents a critical review of the literature of the subject and 

 describes in detail the symptoms and post-mortem conditions in the 

 mild and acute cases of the disease. During the author's studies, 

 especial attention was given to alterations in the blood and urine of 

 diseased animals. From these investigations it was found that the 

 blood parasite of Texas fever exerts an influence especially upon the 

 hemoglobin and albumin of the blood, destroying a considerable part 

 of the former with fixation of iron, and rendering both the hemoglobin 

 and albumin more soluble. The quantity of sugar preformed in the 

 blood remains about stationary, while the glucosids and the proteid 

 materials undergo a rapid diminution. It was found also that the 

 blood of diseased animals when taken during the acute stage of the 

 disease, was extremely irritant and toxic. Such blood when injected 

 into the marginal vein of the ear of a rabbit in doses of from 3 to 5 cc. , 

 killed the animal within a few seconds. The same quantity of blood 

 injected into the peritoneum of the guinea pig produced death within 

 a few minutes. The symptoms of death in such cases were those 

 caused by caustic fluids. After the hemoglobinuric stage had passed, 

 the blood remained light colored for a long time and slowly recovered 

 its normal properties. In such cases the blood of diseased animals, 

 although pale when in the vessels, assumes a reddish color on exposure 

 to the air. This fact was observed when the destruction of the red 

 corpuscles was relatively slight. A few hours before death it was 

 noted that the blood had nearlv the color of coffee. 



