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La Tuberculose des Carnivores domestiques
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the dog, and the third of those of the cat. A short final chapter deals with dermatology of the dog and cat from the point of view of jurisprudence. As might have been expected, the largest amount of space is allotted to mange (sarcoptic and follicular) and eczema in the dog. Under the head of Otacariasis, caused by the Otodectes (or Chorioptes) cynotis, the author quotes from Nocard a description of symptoms in sporting dogs which appear to correspond exactly with those exhibited by dogs suffering from what at the moment is commonly called the "new disease" in this country. He adds, however, that such violent symptoms have hardly ever been observed in dogs at the Alfort Clinic, the usual history being simply that the dog scratches his ears.
La Tuberculose des Carnivores domestiques. By G. Lesbouyries, Chef de Clinique a l'l~cole Veterinaire d'Alfort. Paris: Vigot Freres. 1925. Price, 20 fro This is a welcome addition to the literature on the subject with which it deals at a time when the diseases of the dog and cat are becoming increasingly important in veterinary practice. The first two chapters deal with the frequency of tuberculosis in the dog, and with its etiology and pathogenesis. These cover only the first ten pages, and the remaining three chapters deal respectively with lessions and symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment, all of which are described in a lucid and practical manner. There are fifteen text figures and two coloured plates. In evidence of the growing importance of the disease it is mentioned that Petit and Germain estimated that in the years 1910-1913 13'5 per cent. of the dogs submitted to post-mortem examination at the Alfort Veterinary School were affected with tuberculosis. In the chapter on etiology the author states that among some hundreds of cases in dogs he can remember only one that was probably of bovine origin, and he is emphatic in the view that in the immense majority of cases in Paris the disease is of human origin, the expectorate of consumptives being the most frequent vehicle of the infection. There is reason to believe that this rule does not apply to London, either with regard to dogs or cats, and further detailed research with regard to this point appears necessary.
Handbuch der biologischen Arbeitsmethoden. Von Geh. Med.-Rat Prof. Dr. Emil Abderhalden. Abt. viii, Methoden der experimentellen morphologischen Forschung. Berlin: Urban & Schwarzenberg, 1926. Teil 1, Heft 5. Untersuchungsmethoden der Niere und der Leber. By Walter Gross. Bakteriologie und Serologie am Leichentisch. By Erwin Jacobsthal. Mk. 7.20. Teil 2, Heft 1. Methodik der experimentellen Erzeugung aseptischer und bakterieller Entzundungen. By Georg Rosenow. Die experimentelle Trypanosomenforschung mit Berucksichtigung der chemotherapeutischen Versuchstechnik. By Martin Mayer. Mk. 5.20. Teil 2, Heft 2. Methodik der Chemotherapie bakterieller Infektionen. By Robert Schnitzer. Mk. 6. Teil 2, Heft 3. Die Methoden der Spirochatenforschung. By W. A. Collier. Mk. 16.20. These recent contributions to Professor Abderhalden's monumental Handbook of Biological Methods continue to afford impressive evidence of the great learning and revived literary activity of the workers in all branches of
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the dog, and the third of those of the cat. A short final chapter deals with dermatology of the dog and cat from the point of view of jurisprudence. As might have been expected, the largest amount of space is allotted to mange (sarcoptic and follicular) and eczema in the dog. Under the head of Otacariasis, caused by the Otodectes (or Chorioptes) cynotis, the author quotes from Nocard a description of symptoms in sporting dogs which appear to correspond exactly with those exhibited by dogs suffering from what at the moment is commonly called the "new disease" in this country. He adds, however, that such violent symptoms have hardly ever been observed in dogs at the Alfort Clinic, the usual history being simply that the dog scratches his ears.
La Tuberculose des Carnivores domestiques. By G. Lesbouyries, Chef de Clinique a l'l~cole Veterinaire d'Alfort. Paris: Vigot Freres. 1925. Price, 20 fro This is a welcome addition to the literature on the subject with which it deals at a time when the diseases of the dog and cat are becoming increasingly important in veterinary practice. The first two chapters deal with the frequency of tuberculosis in the dog, and with its etiology and pathogenesis. These cover only the first ten pages, and the remaining three chapters deal respectively with lessions and symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment, all of which are described in a lucid and practical manner. There are fifteen text figures and two coloured plates. In evidence of the growing importance of the disease it is mentioned that Petit and Germain estimated that in the years 1910-1913 13'5 per cent. of the dogs submitted to post-mortem examination at the Alfort Veterinary School were affected with tuberculosis. In the chapter on etiology the author states that among some hundreds of cases in dogs he can remember only one that was probably of bovine origin, and he is emphatic in the view that in the immense majority of cases in Paris the disease is of human origin, the expectorate of consumptives being the most frequent vehicle of the infection. There is reason to believe that this rule does not apply to London, either with regard to dogs or cats, and further detailed research with regard to this point appears necessary.
Handbuch der biologischen Arbeitsmethoden. Von Geh. Med.-Rat Prof. Dr. Emil Abderhalden. Abt. viii, Methoden der experimentellen morphologischen Forschung. Berlin: Urban & Schwarzenberg, 1926. Teil 1, Heft 5. Untersuchungsmethoden der Niere und der Leber. By Walter Gross. Bakteriologie und Serologie am Leichentisch. By Erwin Jacobsthal. Mk. 7.20. Teil 2, Heft 1. Methodik der experimentellen Erzeugung aseptischer und bakterieller Entzundungen. By Georg Rosenow. Die experimentelle Trypanosomenforschung mit Berucksichtigung der chemotherapeutischen Versuchstechnik. By Martin Mayer. Mk. 5.20. Teil 2, Heft 2. Methodik der Chemotherapie bakterieller Infektionen. By Robert Schnitzer. Mk. 6. Teil 2, Heft 3. Die Methoden der Spirochatenforschung. By W. A. Collier. Mk. 16.20. These recent contributions to Professor Abderhalden's monumental Handbook of Biological Methods continue to afford impressive evidence of the great learning and revived literary activity of the workers in all branches of