8-S4 EXPBRIMBNT STJLTKXH BBCORD. [Vol M 



The results of the treatment of gas gangrene by multivalent serum. II 

 Vim f.vt an.i G. Stodf.i. {Cnmpt. Rend, lend Set [1'irin], 168 [1919), S>>. 8, pp. 

 188-199).— Additional reports (B. 8 B 10, p. B4) are given of the remarkable 

 results obtained in the use of multivi nun in the treatment nenoos 



wounda 



On the antiseptic action of benzyl alcohol, I». I. Mmiii and P. B. N'» 

 (Proa gee. i.spt. Hi',1. and hfed., io •. 2. pp . - Da e b erk 



[lea an- reported "f the ai loo <•( water solutions of benayl alcohoL 



a ii. r. per cent eolation was ahie to kill cultural of Friediander bacllloa in IS 



hours Hnrillux pyo< yanru* culture- in M hours, and growth of It. osM OOWtmtmmU 

 in 72 hours. 



The antiseptic piupaittee <<f benayl alcohol have n conflrmed by 



Clinical results on its tic. In the strengths In which it was 



used ai aa anesthetic (0 sot appear bo t>e noticeably 



virulent tO ' 



On the treatment of giardiasis in rats with arsenobenzol. 01 A KotOCO, 



\V Q BOBCK, D I' MlNM« H. ami .!. II \l> > - i irrh, 98 



(1919), No, 8, pp ■ founil 



In hooae mice and neM n which nlc to Its imata 



tii.-m la the virulent orajanlam of branch diarrhea U llnetti) found in man 



in Qallinoll and Flanders M The moffpbologlea] evident the view that 



I! e rat and not the tn the normal rnrrler of the I resembling 



that of trench diarrhea. The meadow monaa masl also wed with - 



hi as a carrier until culture determl • dlstlni from of Identit;. 



I ;iar-lla With that of tin- B 



on Indlcatea that cultt sfully withstand treatment 



with araeBobenaol by Injection In the femoral vein In dot four ai I 



rlmea the human dose pr weight of the ra! Bi tn 



or eontlnuoua ni> from th< nrred la nits nnrtar • 



Inspection. The fad that this dlaappearai tment wna hnrardl 



and coincident In practically all rat- recelvtng the h< l>enxol, 



and that light dooea aro some! reducttoaa in the number of 



ineom enra in the 

 civ,. ,.r the rats of this experiment and to Justify the Inference th.it arseno- 

 ol may be Be for gian 



Blackleg toxin, T P, BaSI kM and J, W I I mv i I •.• fa/hol I, t\ 



{1919), No. ;. pp Blackleg Qltratee made by four different Labotn- 



ea ware found to be nontoxic bo guinea plga and to poaaaas marked Immun- 

 ising properties In calves, thus indl ontrary to the 

 1 . set (E B. i: . 882), the Immufllxlng | ' blackleg fiitr not 



dependent on toxicity, 

 in checking the purltj and identity of buckles; cultures, the authors make 



<<t the followine reaction: In p liver broth with cooked brain than* 



Vlgorooa evolution of gat OCCUIS within 24 bonn and the medium hi 

 cloudy until the evolution of _- as aftei ral days, when the liquid 



part of the medium aeain clears. There k qo blackening of the medium or 



formation of pat rid odor and the CUltUrea remain permanently a. Id. BmulatOB 



of a 24 hour culture in ■ dose of 1 ce win usually kill guinea pig? 



made from the diaphragmatic surface of the liver after death with 1 



show alander redo, singly or in pairs, differing from the long chain* of 

 membranes prodo 1 t«y Bociltut edemati* n \- ■ final b bhe 



Identify of the strain under examination, three cnlnea pics each receive 



of blackleg serum from another laboretorj Twenty four hours later the«» 



anlmalfl and three check cuinen pies receive LB emulsion of tho 



