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culoses still remains thus a solid truth, which shows that we 
will always have to reckon with the danger of infection from 
cow to man, and which in my opinion will be more easily 
brought about than the opposite. The greater virulence of the 
bovine bacillus, generally admitted, urges us, contrary to the 
advice of Koch, to a strict supervision in regard to milk and 
meat coming from tuberculous animals. 
The success of an experimental infection depends for a great 
deal on the degree of resistance of the animal, as suggested by 
Nocard and as demonstrated in the second experiment.* 
It is to be desired that as soon as possible numerous experi¬ 
ments be made of which the results will prove, and of this we 
have no doubt, that the theory founded on the Schiitz-Koch 
experiments is an error resulting from a premature con¬ 
clusion. 
A German Analogue of Texas Cattle Fever.— The 
list of diseases imputed to parasites is now to be swollen, it 
seems, by a form of hsemoglobinsemia frequently observed in 
cattle in various marshy districts of Germany and often produc¬ 
tive of death. As described by Jackschath {Centralblatt fur 
Bakteriologie und Parasitenkunde , xxix, 14 ; Wiener klinische 
Wochenschrift , July 18th), the parasite is pear-shaped or roundish, 
and is observed in the red blood corpuscles. He maintains that 
it is conveyed by the ordinary cattle tick ( Ixodes reticulatus 
sen reduvius ), so that in this respect the malarial cattle disease 
of Germany resembles the cattle fever of Texas. 
What Every Reader Should Do. —“ Permit me to con¬ 
gratulate you upon the completeness of the current volume of 
the Review. I read every word of it carefully and find it in¬ 
structive and interesting. I am especially interested in that 
division called ‘ Reports of Cases,’ and shall endeavor to con¬ 
tribute something toward the same.”—(A. Stewart , Kansas 
City , Mo.) 
The Rocker Operating Table, used at the Kansas City 
Veterinary College, was an object of special interest in the clinic 
held in connection with the Missouri Valley Veterinary Associ¬ 
ation in October. 
* Case III. 
