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UNIVERSITY of ILLINOIS. 
American Veterinary Review. 
JUNE, 1899. 
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All communications for publication or in reference thereto should be addressed to Prof. 
Roscoe R. Bell, Seventh Ave. 6° Union St., Borough of Brooklyn, New York City. 
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EDITORIAL. 
EUROPEAN CHRONICLES. 
Epizootic Abortion in Cows. —This affection is one which 
in many establishments occasions by its presence great losses. 
Infections in its nature when it occurs in a barn, the majority 
of the occupants are very likely to suffer by it, and many of the 
treatments that have been recommended to arrest it have failed 
to give the results that were expected. 
Scientists all over the world have turned their attention to 
it—bacteriologists to find its true nature, and pathologists a 
mode of treatment, prophylactive principally. 
Prof. Lignieres some time ago presented to the Societe des 
Agriculteurs de France, a paper upon the subject, and on a 
prophylactive treatment which had given him excellent results 
upon females of his laboratories. After renewing his experi¬ 
ments on cows, and obtaining very favorable results, he made 
a second report, the importance of which cannot fail of atten¬ 
tion. It will be found in the pages of this issue of the REVIEW. 
The advantages that the treatment offers are such that 
should it prove successful on trial, Prof. Lignieres will cer¬ 
tainly have rendered a great service to dairymen. The treat¬ 
ment which is recommended is very simple, consisting in intra- 
muscular injections, administered every few days, of an oily solu¬ 
tion of turpinol, which is a derivative of terebinthina, and is 
already recommended in pulmonary and bronchial affections. 
One of the objections to the treatment is that it is rather long, 
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