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with ii certain percentage of water and that when the fumes contain a 

 very small water content, as in the case of a 95 per cent alcohol, the 

 spore membranes of the anthrax bacillus resist the action of these 

 fumes for the reason that not enouo-h water vapor is present to soften 

 theni. 



Texas fever (Arrli. ]Vi.«. h. Prakt. Thierh., 37 {1900), No. 1-2, pp. 41-85) .—T\\\s 

 article contains a report to the veterinary service of Germany on the nature of Texas 

 fever. A critical review is given of the American and other literature on the sulj- 

 ject, and it is stated that further investigations are to be made for the purpose of 

 determining whether Texas fever may lie transmitted by the meat of diseased 

 animals. 



Cattle ticks and Texas fever, R. J. Reddinxt ( Georgia Sta. Bui. 49, pp. 228, 

 229). — For preventing the deyelopment of Texas fever in northern cattle imported 

 into the South, the author recommends the destruction of cattle ticks on southern 

 pastures. It is urged that this can be accomplished by a rotation of crops and by 

 an inspection of southern cattle twice each week. At such inspections the mature 

 ticks can be removed by hand and the infested parts of animals may be rubbed 

 thoroughly with a mixture of 4 l])s. axle grease to 1 11). of kerosene and other similar 

 mixtures. 



Generalized tuberculosis, R. Burggraf (Z/sy*//;-. Flekcli u. MUclthyg., 11 {1900), No. 

 3,p>. 79). — In one case of tuberculosis in the cow, it was fomid that a marked lameness 

 which had been noted for some time before death was due to the presence of the 

 tubercle l)acillus in the body of one of the dorsal vertebrte. 



Fetal tuberculosis, C. Schroeder {Zt.'<chr. Fleisch k. Milchhyg., 11 {1900), No. 3, 

 pp. 79, 80) . — In tlie case of a cow which had tubercular lesions in the lungs, liver, 

 spleen, and mammary gland, small tubercles were found in the portal, mediastinal, 

 an<l bronchial glands and in the spleen of the fetus. 



Regulations for the control of tuberculosis in cattle {Tijihchr. Vfearti'itcnijk. 

 Maandhlad, 28 {1900), No. 3, pp. 124-135). — A detailed statement of government 

 regulations concerning methods for preventing the spread of this ilisease. 



A simple method of holding the thermometer during tuberculin tests, 

 Frank {Devi. Thierdrztl. Wchnschr., 8 {1900), No. 48, pp. 431, .^i').— According to 

 this method of keeping a thermometer in jilace, a single stitch is taken in the animal 

 tissue, which is said to require but little time and to hold the thermometer firmly. 



The technique of taking the temperature during tuberculin tests in large 

 herds of cattle, Grundmaxx {Dent. Thicriirzil. Wchmrhr., 8 {1900), No. 48, pp. 420- 

 4-31, J'ujx. 4). — This article contains brief notes on the various factors which are con- 

 cerned in giving reliable or unreliable results from tuljerculin inoculations, and reports 

 the results of the use of various mechanical devices for holding the thermometer 

 in place. 



Tuberculosis in horses, II. Markus {Tijdschr. Yeeartesenijh. Maandhlad, 28 {1900), 

 No. 3, pp. 97-113). — The author gives a detailed description of the clinical symptoms 

 and results of post-mortem examination and microscopical study of two cases of 

 tuberculosis in horses. The temperature was somewhat elevated, reaching as high 

 as 40.4° C. A number of tubercles were found in the spleen, the liver was somewhat 

 enlarged, and the mesenteric and lund)ar glands were affected. No gangrenous 

 abscesses were found in the lungs. The tu1)ercle bacillus was found in all pathological 

 lesions. The evidence obtained from a study of these cases indicates that the focus 

 of infection was located in the alimentary tract or its appendages. 



Tuberculosis in pigs {.four. Agr. aiid Lid., Soutli AtiKtralia, 4 {1900), No. 4, l>p- 

 34-5, 346). — A butcher pun-hased 1 1 i)igs ami fed them upon the offal from slaughtereil 

 cattle and sheep. Of these 11, H died after about 4 months, and the other 2 were 

 tliseased at the time of examination. An examination of these pigs showed the 



