BIBLIOGRAPHY. 
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CONTAGIOUS STOMATITIS COMMUNICATED TO CHILDREN. 
By H. D. Fenimore, D. V. S., Knoxville, Tenn. 
On December 15th I was called to prescribe for twelve colts 
that were suffering with small ulcers on the mucous membrane 
of the mouth and tongue. They had a slight raise of tempera¬ 
ture, with swollen submaxillary glands, and showed some diffi¬ 
culty in swallowing, but were otherwise in good coodition, and 
eat well of a soft diet. I called it contagious stomatitis, and re¬ 
commended that care be taken of the hands in the application 
of the antiseptic solutions of creoline and peroxide of hydrogen. 
About a week afterwards I was notified that three of the owner’s 
sons had become affected with the disease. The two oldest 
boys each had a small crack on the end of each finger. The 
disease developed so rapidly and was so painful in these places 
that they thought they were each getting a felon. Ulcers ap¬ 
peared all over their hands, and in one case as many as eighteen 
on one hand. Their arms, and especially the region of the 
axilla, showed considerable soreness ; temperature ranged from 
102 0 to 103°. The youngest of the three boys had one ulcer 
only, and that was on his lip. This was also very painful; the 
neck and face swelled so that the features were not distinguish¬ 
able. The ulcers were of a conical shape, having borders that 
were elevated, but smooth and reddened. The ulcers healed in 
the boys in about three weeks, leaving very marked cicatrices. 
The end of one finger on each of the two oldest boys sloughed 
off in the places where they first became affected. The colt’s 
mouths healed kindly in about ten days to two weeks. 
BIBLIOGRAPHY. 
By C. W. Stiles, Ph.D., Washington, D. C. 
MAX BRAUN. Die Leberdistomen-der Hauskatz e (Fe/is catns domestica) und ver- 
wante Arten : Centralblatt fur Bakteriologie und Parasitenkunde, 1893, Vol. XIV., 
pp. 381-389, 422-428. 
“Drink deep or taste not” is the motto which Rudolphi 
places at the beginning of his Bibliotheca entozoologica (Ento- 
