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proper. He showed us his apparatus for crushing the bacilli 

 (Koch's newest method), by its means the micro-organisms are 

 crushed and destroyed true, the spores and toxines escape, 

 but are largely destroyed by sterilization. 



The culture room is automatically heated by gas ; two jets 

 of which are passed about four inches into the open mouth of 

 a four-inch iron pipe which is carried through the room to 

 the chimney. Like similar rooms it is fitted up with numerous 

 shelves with bottles of tuberculin in various stages and ages. 

 The whole of the details were explained to us by the Pro- 

 fessor and his assistant. 



Being asked if he considered that tuberculin deteriorated or 

 became inert with age he stated that he does not find that 

 its value is affected by age in the least, provided it is kept in 

 a cool dark place and air carefully excluded ; he has used it 

 with good results when five years old/ He said, however, he 

 at one time thought otherwise. 



GLANDERS. 



GREAT BRITAIN. 



Glanders, including Farcy, continues to occur. During the 

 month ending igth February, 1898, there occurred in England 

 and Wales seventy-one outbreaks, ninety-six horses being 

 attacked, in Scotland one outbreak, thirteen horses being 

 attacked. 



The disease is said to be occasionally discovered in horses 

 from the United States, but so far no authentic case has been 

 found in Canadian horses. 



Since the port inspection of horses previous to shipment 

 from Canada has been inaugurated, they have arrived in 

 Great Britain in very much better condition than previously. 

 Occasionally ship fever of a non-specific character, with sore 

 throat and nasal discharges, and sometimes cutaneous erup- 

 tions develop on the voyage, and give rise to suspicion of 

 glanders. 



