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and dorys resist repeated inoculations as well as ill-effects 
from a liberal supply of fresh charbonous material as food. 
These fishes, without exception, remained unaffected, even 
when made to live in water containing the anthrax parasite. 
Feser inoculated twenty-five fish (pike, carp, and tench) by 
injecting cub. centimetre of anthrax blood (fresh from a 
horse, and proved efficacious by its destruction of two rab¬ 
bits) underneath the skin of the bellv of each. These 
fishes were shut up in a chamber, and placed in an arm of 
the Tsar, the water of which had an average temperature of 
5 °— 7 0 C. All the fish were examined daily, hut showed no 
signs of disorder, and were sold after ten days* observation. 
This negative result did not suprise Feser. The internal 
temperature of these fish being but little above that of the 
surrounding water certainly did not allow the Bacteria to 
develop and multiply, which is essential to charbonous in¬ 
fection. According to the researches of the learned Dr. 
Koch, it is quite the exception for Bacteria germs to develop 
in a temperature below 18° C; if the temperature remains 
below 12°, they undergo no change. Feser thinks that to 
arrive at a definite result as to the transmissibility of char- 
bon to fishes, it will be necessary to make many attempts to 
inoculate fishes kept in water of a temperature above 18° C.; 
and, therefore, to experiment on species capable of support¬ 
ing high temperatures (JVochenschriftf. Thierheilkunde , fyc., 
Augsbourg , No. 5. 1880, and Journal de Med. Vet. de 
Lyon , Mar., 1880). Emphysema infectuosum , “ Black¬ 
leg,” has been recently alluded to by us in our “ Synopsis ” 
as a subject of investigation by French observers. MM. 
Arloing , Cornevin , and Thomas are working most ener¬ 
getically in their endeavour to trace the true relations of 
this disorder to splenic fever. In their name, M. Bouley 
presented to the Academy of Sciences at its sitting of olst 
May, 1880, a paper in which are embodied the results 
obtained by them hitherto. 
“ In Germany, Feser and Bollinger call this disease 
emphysemato-gang venous tumour , and Feser says he has repro¬ 
duced the disease by inoculating with the soil of the marshes 
near which live the cattle liable to its attacks. In France, 
MM. Boulet, Josse, and Vernant have supposed, from clinical 
facts, that there is a difference in nature between splenic 
fever and black-leg; but a careful demonstration of this has 
not yet been given.” 
“ In the blood of animals which die from ‘ symptomatic 
charbon 5 (the name with which Chabert designated ? black¬ 
leg ’) generally no foreign element is visible. Sometimes we 
