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siders as a constant symptom of glanders the high continued 
fever. Chills- are not present. As the second most frequent 
symptom considered by the author, is the appearance of the 
pustules and abscesses on the skin. This manifestation indi¬ 
cates that the glanders bacilli are spread all over the system, 
and is a positive sign of the approaching death. Frequently 
the glandular nodules may be present in the skin and muscles. 
Only in about 50 per cent, of glanders in man does glanders of 
the nose appear, which, with the erysipelatous swelling of the 
back of the nose, becomes characteristic. In some cases there 
may be observed a diseased condition of the joints, with pussy 
infiltration and phlegmonous periarticular inflammation ; the 
spleen is always hyperplastic. By differential diagnoses are to 
be separated : articular rheumatism, typhus, influenza and sep¬ 
tic infection.—( Deutsche Med. Wochenschr.) 
FRENCH REVIEW. 
By Prof. A. Liautard, M. D., V. M. 
Probable Transmissions of the “ Sarcoptes Minor ” 
OF Cats to Bovines [E. Chapellier ].—Unfortunately the micro¬ 
scopic examinations were delayed and positive evidence could 
not be established, but the nature of the cases and their history 
point to a most probable transmission. A farmer had a pet 
cat which was affected with some itching skin disease ; he 
scratched terribly and soon his head and body were covered 
with sores. Supposing that heat might do him good, the owner 
kept him in a cow-shed. A few days after one cow showed a 
large surface on the right hip, hairless, with irregular borders. 
A little later more occurred on the back, head, etc. The itching 
was not very great, small papules forming, surrounded by in¬ 
flammation all round and then covered with small scabs. A 
second cow was soon presenting similar signs of skin trouble. 
I he cat had laid on her back a few days before. And then a 
third cow showed the same trouble. The cat was then destroyed. 
Examination of portions of its skin revealed the presence of 
the sarcoptes minor. But unfortunately no colonies of the para¬ 
sites could be found in the cutaneous products and secretions of 
the cows, as the disease was already on the road to recovery.— 
(Rec. de Med. Vet.) 
Tuberculous Pericarditis in Dogs [Pro/. G. Petit ].— 
Pericarditis is very common in dogs. Almost always it is tuber- 
