CORRESPONDENCE. 
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preventing the spread of this insidious plague, with seemingly 
good effect, it seems to your correspondent premature—yes, un¬ 
wise—to tear down those barriers which have been so carefully 
placed around dairy products, simply because—what—some 
slight circumstantial evidence has suggested that the disease is 
not communicable from the bovine toman. We, however, applaud 
with both hands the sentiments of the renowned and great in¬ 
vestigator, Dr. Koch, when he says : “ It seems to me very de¬ 
sirable, however, that these experiments should be repeated 
elsewhere, in order that all doubt as to the correctness of my 
assertion may be removed.” 
It has been with much diffidence that I have expressed any 
doubt as to anything emanating from such high authority, but 
a keen interest in the question has goaded me to ventilate my 
feelings. 
Trusting that those who are in a position to do so may investi¬ 
gate with vigor, I am, yours respectfully, 
E. A. A. Grange, 
Formerly Prof. Vet'y Science Mich. Agrl. College. 
SOME DISEASES OF DOMESTIC ANIMAES IN THE PHILIPPINE 
ISLANDS. 
Patangas, Prov. of Batangas, P. I., July 16th, 1901. 
Editors American Veterinary Review: 
Dear Sirs :—Some time since I sent a communication to 
you for the Review relative to the prevalence of u verminous 
opthalmitis ” among the troop horses in this part of the isl¬ 
ands. In one case that I mentioned the muscles on one side of 
the vertebrae in the dorsal and lumbar regions wasted away until 
there appeared to be nothing only skin and bones left; there 
was also marked weakness in that region, although sensation 
was apparently unimpaired. 
In another case of the same kind, where the parasite was 
very lively and apparent for some days, it disappeared after the 
horse was cast for operation and was never noticed again. 
At that time I thought both occurrences of rather uncommon 
nature, but find on looking over Neuman’s work on parasites 
that the weakness of the loins is of common occurrence in 
verminous opthalmitis, and is called Kumree or Ah-drnng by 
the natives of India. Neuman also mentions that this particu¬ 
lar condition has never been seen elsewhere than in India. I 
wish to state that two well-marked cases of Kumree have come 
under my observation here, and it is probably not an uncom- 
