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typhoid bacilli, suggestions of structure which it was the hope of every 

 bacteriologist would be demonstrated at some future time. 



Mr. Maurice Blood asked whether the slides which had been shown 

 were negatives. He could not imagine they were dark-ground photo- 

 graphs. 



Mr. Martin Duncan replied that they were all positives taken from 

 negatives. 



Dr. Hort, in reply, said he thought Professor Eyi-e's observations, in 

 so far as deductions from hanging-drop observations were concerned, 

 were extremely fair, and he was certain that Dr. Eyre was right in the 

 simple apposition explanation in some forms of simulated branching. 

 But Dr. Eyre was admittedly not familiar with the congo-red adsorption 

 method, and if time allowed he hoped he would study the question by 

 using acid-broth cultures emulsified with congo-red. After Dr. Eyre 

 had worked on these lines for a few days he would be much interested 

 to hear his conclusions, and he was sure that mere apposition would be 

 found inadequate to explain the multiple evidence of fungoid growth, 

 including dichotomous segmentation previous to sprouting. The only 

 way, as he had already pointed out, of absolute proof was study of growth 

 from single living organisms, taking photographs at intervals. He 

 assumed, in conclusion, that complete evidence as to the true nature of 

 the bacilloids and coccoids seen in the typhus, typhoid, and paratyphoid 

 films would be regarded as sulftcient to justify abandonment of the 

 bacterial theory in these diseases. 



The President said he was sure the Society would wish to tender to 

 Dr. Hort its grateful thanks for the very illuminating and interesting 

 address which he had given ; and with that he would like to couple 

 the name of Mr. Martin Duncan for the beautiful photographs which he 

 had made and shown. 



The vote was carried bv acclamation. 



The following Apparatus, Specimens, etc., were exhibited : — 



Mr. Sydney C. Akehurst : — Tank, and Pond-weed Holder for Use with 

 the Greenough Microscope. 



Dr. Edward C. Hort :— 



Typhus fever filtered blood (Chamberland F.). Eosin stain only : — 

 DiplococcobaciUus exanthematicus Rabiuowitsch, Plotz, etc. 



(Incubated 1). 

 Ditto ditto. (Agar culture from 2). 



D. exanthematicus Rabiuowitsch. (Acid-broth culture from 3). 

 Ditto ditto. Sporulatiug " bacilloids." (Agar culture from 

 acid-broth.) 

 Typhus fever unfiltered blood : — 



Blood culture showing minute coccibacilli and resistant bodies. 



(Unopened blood culture eleven weeks old.) 

 Spleen culture (aerobic) of Rabiuowitsch. 



New Fellow : The following Candidate was elected an Ordinary 

 Fellow of the Society : H.H. Rajah Rohani Thirunal, Prince of 

 Mavelikara family. F.R.Met.Soc, F.R.H.S. etc. 



