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serum from tuberculous patients. A more or less marked agglutination was produced 

 by mixtures of such serum in proportions varying from 1 to 5, to 1 to 20. The most 

 marked agglutination was produced from serum from incipient cases of tuberculosis. 



Condemning tuberculous animals, (J. Mazzini {Gior. R. Soc. Accacl. Vet. Ital., 

 49 {1900), No. 49, pp. 11(15-1108). — Brief suggestions on the extent to which tuber- 

 culous animals should be destroyed. 



Tuberculosis in dogs, G. Petit and J. Basset {Rec. Med. Vet., Park, S. ser., 8 

 [1901), No. 1, pp. 5-lS). — This article contains detailed statements of the post- 

 mortem findings in dogs which died of tubenudosis. The authors found evidence of 

 tubercular pleurisy and pericarditis. The liver and kidneys were frecjuently affected. 

 In the lungs the tubercles ultimately degenerateil, leaving a cavity without caseous 

 formation. 



The leucocytes in tuberculosis, C. Aciiakd unci M. Lceper {Compt. Rend. Soc. 

 Biol. Paris, 52 {1900), No. 39, pp. 1066, 1067).— In cases of tubercular arthritis the 

 authors found in the serum a predominance of the lymphoid elements, there being 

 96 lymphocytes, 4 mononuclear, and 2 polynuclear elements to the 100 elements. 

 When tubercular arthritis was produced experimentally, a temporary phase of 

 increase in the number of polynuclear elements was noted, but the mononuclear 

 elements ultimately became much more numerous. The same conditions were 

 found to prevail in cases of generalized tvdierculosis produced experimentally by 

 intravenous inoculatinns. 



Results obtained from inoculation against Texas fever, Scheibel {Monatah. 

 Prali. Tliierh., 12 (1901), No. :^-3, pp. 108-121). — The author presents in a brief form 

 the results thus far obtained by different investigators in producing immunity against 

 this disease. A bibliography of the subject is appended to the article. 



Report of 10 cases of parturient paresis treated by potassium iodid, G. H. 

 Roberts {Indiana State Bd. Agr. Rpt., 49 {1899-1900), pp. 699-701).— The author 

 tabulates the history of these cases, in which the Schmidt treatment was adopted. 

 Three of the cases died, while the other 7 recovered. 



Measures to be adopted in controlling foot-and-mouth, disease, J. Dupuy 

 {Bid. Mill. Agr. [France], 19 {1900), No. ;.•', yy^*. AS".^, A?.^).— It is reported that f(X)t-and- 

 mouth disease occurred during the past year in an ej^izootic form of unusual severity. 

 The present article is in the nature of a circular stating the sanitary measures which 

 promise to give the best results in controlling the disease. 



Foot rot in sheep, G. C. Bellinger {Agr. Gaz. New Soulh TFafe, 11 {1900), No. 

 12, ]jp. 1118, 1119). — Brief notes on the nature and cause of this disease. An abun- 

 dance of wet grass is believed by the autht)r to be conducive to a somewhat trouble- 

 some form of foot rot. 



Hog cholera and its treatment, G. d'Utra {Bol. Agr. Sao Paulo, 1. s.r., 1900, 

 No. 5, pp. 318-331). — The author gives a brief account of the geographical distribution 

 of this disease, together with a discussion of the various names by which, it is known 

 in different countries. The different forms are described by means of the symptoms 

 and pathological lesions. Preventive vaccination is recommended as the only means 

 of successfully combating the disease. 



Hog cholera cure {Indiana State Bd. Agr. Rpt., 49 {1899-1900), pp. 336, 337).— A 

 brief j>(Ji)ulHr account on the worthlessness of patent medicines in the treatment of 

 this disease and the practical hygienic measures which should be adopted. 



Combating swine plague and hog cholera, Scureiber {Berlin. Thierdrztl. 

 Weill i.'ichr., 1900, No. 50, pp. 589-593). — The author conducted experiments for the 

 purpose of determining whether these two diseases could be produced experimentally 

 at will, and also to determine the relationship of the diseases to each other. Experi- 

 ments were made on young pigs from 4 to 10 weeks old. These experiments indi- 

 cated that both swine plague and hog cholera may be produced by intrathoracic and 

 intraperitoneal inoculations and also by feeding with diseased tissue. The author 



