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Table. 



Food. Sil(if/e Poikouuhi. 



Seven snniple.s of siln.ue, Iwo of In-aii, two of oats and one of oat straw 

 were received for analysis. All sainj)les were snsi)ected of causing forage 

 poisoning. With the exce[)tion of one sample of bran and one of oats 

 nothing was fonnd to indicate that poisoning was due to toxin produc- 

 tion. The one sample of bran and one of oats were each found capa'ble 

 of producing a toxin in i)eptic digest broth suflficiently toxic to kill a 

 guinea pig in VI hours with symptoms resembling those of botulism. 

 As the laboratory did not pos.sess botulinus anti-toxin at this time, a 

 positive diagnosis of botulism could not be made. However, cultural 

 and morjthological charactei'istics resembled those of 5. hotuUmis 

 poisoning. 



The table below gives data on food samples analyzed during the past 

 year. 



Taible. 



A study of flat sours commenced by Mrs. Wyant was completed and 

 presented as a Technical Bulletin. 



Fifteen autogenous bacterins have ibeen made for the treatment of 

 boils and chronic infecti(uis. Six complete blood counts have also been 

 made. 



