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BoNAiN (^.) D6ratisation et Disinfection des Locaux de petites 

 Dimensions. — Arch. Med. et Pharm. Navales, Paris, cv, no. 3, 

 March 1918, pp. 215-223, 1 fig. 



The use of liquid sulphurous anhydride is recommended for fumi- 

 gating small spaces and a suitable apparatus has been built to the 

 author's specification. This consists of a metal cylinder provided 

 with a screw tap and removable union connected with a tube which 

 is passed through a key-hole or other suitable aperture into the space 

 to be fumigated. The cylinder has an internal diameter of 70 mm. 

 and a height of 300 mm. After allowing 1/5 volume for the expansion 

 that will take place if the apparatus be stored in a warm place the 

 contents should be 1,290 grams of sulphurous anhydride, this being 

 sufficient to disinfect a space of 18 cub. metres [630 cub. ft.] which is 

 that of an average ship's cabin. The liquid is converted into gas in 

 about 5 minutes and the gas must be allowed to act for about 2 hours 

 in order to destroy rats ; insects require a longer period. 



Galli-Valeeio (B.) & Stalder (H.). La Piroplasmiase des Bovid6s 

 en Suisse. — ScJnveiz. Archiv. f. Tierheilkunde, Zurich, Ix, no. 10, 

 October 1918, pp. 471-477, 1 fig. 



A few cases, observed by Stalder since 1912, of acute anaemia 

 accompanied by severe haemoglobinuria among the milch cows of 

 the Cossonay district (Canton of Vaud) are the first recorded cases 

 of bovine piroplasmosis in Switzerland. The species of Piroj)lasma 

 concerned has not been determined, but is possibly P. divergens. The 

 tick, Ixodes ricinus, is very common in the district, /. hexagonus 

 being more rare, and the former is probably the intermediate host. 



Velu (H.). Une Trypanosomiase du Cheval au Maroc. Etude clinique 

 et experimentale. — Rev. Gen. Med. Veterinaire, Toulouse, xxvii, 

 no. 322, 15th October 1918, pp. 489-513. 



During the year ended August 1917 the author studied an outbreak 

 of trypanosomiasis among the horses of a native cavalry unit in 

 Morocco caused by a dimorphic trypanosome, which was probably 

 transmitted by Tabanids and occurred only at the foot of the Atlas 

 range. The prophylactic measures mentioned include the isolation 

 or slaughter of diseased animals and the avoidance of places infested 

 by the flies. 



Di DoMizio (G.). Una Tripanosomiasi del Dromedario eritreo (Gudho). 

 Cenni sulle Mosche ematofage della Colonia Eritrea. [A Trypano- 

 somiasis (Gudho) of Eritrean Camels. Notes on the Blood-sucking 

 FHes of the Colony of Eritrea.] — Clinica Veterinaria, Milan, no. 

 16-17, 31st August-15th September 1918, pp. 391-413. (Abstract 

 in Trop. Vet. Bidl., London, vi, no. 4, 30th December 1918. 

 p. 221.) 



The first part of this paper reviews published observations, especially 

 those of Martoglio [see this Review, Ser. B, i, p. 181], who stated that 

 the bovine trypanosomiasis known as " jahan " in Eritrea occurs in 

 camels under the name of " gudho." The author records his own 



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