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The second took place in Rumania in 1916-17, and owing to the 

 disorganisation of the sanitary services due to War conditions there 

 resulted a mortahty more terrible than that suffered by the Serbs in 

 1914-1915, when 230 doctors and 400,000 men died. 



Legendre (J.). R6I2 du Betail et de la Basse-cour dans la Defense 

 contre la Malaria. — C. R. Hebdom. Acad. Sci., Paris, clxx, no. 12. 

 22nd March 1920, pp. 766-769. 



The view is expressed that domestic animals are a source of pro- 

 tection to man against mosquitos, the blood of horses, cattle, pigs 

 and particularly rabbits being preferred by them to that of man. 

 Fowls and ducks are immune from attack, the insects even avoiding 

 oviposition in vessels containing water used by poultry. 



Agnoletti (G.). a New Parasiticide. — La Clinica Veterinaria,. 

 Milan, xUi, no. 4, 28th February 1919, p. 109. (Abstract in Mthh/. 

 Bull. Agric. Intell. <& PI. Dis., Rome, x, no.5. May 1919, p. 57G).. 

 [Received 31st March 1920.] 



Extensive experiments have proved that the use of an ointment 

 prepared from thiometa-methylene is the best remedial measure for 

 horses infected with mange. This substance is prepared by acting 

 on ammonium thiocarbonate or ammonium sulphide with sodium 

 methansulphoxylate in the presence of acid. It has the property of 

 slowly splitting up into formic aldehyde, sulphuretted hydrogen and 

 sulphur, and has therefore a combined antiseptic and insecticidal 

 action. 



One application proves sufficient to cure the disease in horses, 

 mules and dogs, and no injury to the hair was noticed in any of the 

 cases treated. Sodium sulphide was added to the ointment, to ensure 

 the penetration of the active principle through the skin. 



Jordan (K.) & Rothschild (N. C). Ectoparasites, London, \, no. 2,. 

 20th January 1920, pp. 61-125, 39 figs. 



This volume contains the following systematic papers : On the 

 species and genera of Siphonaptera described by Kolenati ; on American 

 Ceratophyllus infesting birds ; a preliminary catalogue of the Siphonap- 

 tera of Switzerland ; and a new Ctenophthalmus from Macedonia. 



MoHLER (J. R.). Report of the Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry. 



—U.S. Dept. Agric.Washinqton, D.C., 29th September 1919, 63 pp.. 

 [Received 3rd March 1920.] 



During the year ended 30th June 1919 the Field Inspection Division 

 supervised 10,518,196 dippings for the purpose of eradicating scabies. 

 in sheep. Great progress in this direction has been made in Iowa 

 and Michigan, the disease having been practically exterminated. 

 Montana and North Dakota have been free from the disease, and the 

 outbreak in Idaho has been brought under control. Dippings for cattle 

 scabies show an increase of 46 per cent, over the numbers of the preceding 

 year, making a total of 935,539. The disease is being brought under 

 control in Kansas and effective work is being done in the new areas of 



