604 SUMMARY OF CURRENT RESEARCHES RELATING TO 



the present-day knowledge of the pathogenic bacteria and the methods 

 of demonstrating their presence in various lesions ; serum therapy; the 

 animal and vegetable parasites of man ; the microscopical examination 

 and chemical analysis of urine ; the methods of examining sputum, 

 blood, and gastric secretion ; performing autopsies ; together with a 

 resume of the naked-eye and microscopical appearances of the lesious 

 most frequently shown the candidates at this examination. The notes 

 are as far as possible arranged in tabular fashion, a method which, in 

 conjunction with a good index, renders it an easy matter to refer to 

 any given section ; but in consequence of the mass of material to be 

 dealt with, the details concerning each subject are few. Owing to this 

 undesirable brevity much valuable information has been omitted, thus 

 for example, under the heading of urogenital tuberculosis no hint is 

 given of the existence of the Smegma bacillus, which has so often been 

 confused with the B. tuberculosis. But notwithstanding its deficiencies 

 the work is well arranged and accurate in all its details- 1 — so far as it 

 goes. 



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