Journal of Applied Microscopy. 



379 



The bulb of this fer- 

 Hill, Hibbert Winslow. A Modification of the mentation tube is 

 Fermentation Tube for Bacteriological Work. 

 Jour. Boston Soc. Med. Sc. 3: 137-138, 1899. made large enough 



to hold twice as 

 much liquid as the closed branch. This is designed to 

 prevent wetting of the cotton plugs in sterilization. The 

 opening into the bulb is made large enough to admit a K) cc. 

 pipette. The closed upper end of the ordinary fermentation 

 tube is replaced by a thimble-shaped stopper, ground to tit 

 snugly. To examine the liquid in the closed branch when no 

 gas has been formed, the cotton plug in the bulb may be 

 replaced by a closely fitting sterile rubber stopper. In the 

 case of a gas-forming bacillus a similar method is followed. 



E. M. Brace. 



Fermentation tube, with 



movable top for closed 



branch. 



Bisseil, William. G., M. D. 



ing. 



Second-hand Cloth- 



Attention is called to the danger of in- 

 fection from clothing sold by second- 

 hand dealers. Investigation has shown that these men deal largely in clothing 

 that was formerly worn by deceased persons, and as it is estimated that more than 

 one-half of the human race dies from contagious diseases, the danger of infection 

 from this clothing becomes apparent. The custom in organizations uniformed 

 with state property, of reissuing the uniform and equipment of a discharged 

 member to an incoming recruit, is also shown to be unsafe. Pockets were 

 removed from uniforms of men with pulmonary tuberculosis who were leaving 

 their regiment ; the pockets were soaked in distilled water, the product was 

 centrifugated several times, and guinea pigs injected with the fluid. Several of 

 the animals died, and examination showed that tuberculosis had developed. 

 The writer recommends that the matter be considered by health authorities and 

 legislative bodies. E. M. Brace. 



NORMAL AND PATHOLOGICAL HISTOLOGY. 



Richard M. Fearce, M. D. 



Pathological Laboratory, Boston City Hospital, Boston, Mass., to whom all books and papers 

 on these subjects should be sent for review. 



CURRENT LITERATURE. 



Feldbausch concurs in the opinion of 

 Mosso, Wassow, and Arnold that red 

 blood corpuscles play the chief part in 

 the coagulation of the blood, and that 

 the blood platelets are merely broken-down red blood corpuscles. 



Feldbauscb. Uer Einfluss verschiedener Stoffe 

 auf die rothen Blutkorperchen und Bedeu- 

 tung der letzteren fiir Gerinnung. Virchow's 

 Archiv. 155: 1899 



Qoodale, J. H. A Contribution to the Patho- I" this report, Goodale gives the results 

 logical Histology of Acute Tonsillitis. Jour, of a Study of sixteen cases of acute ton- 



Boston Soc. Med. Sc, 3 : No. 4. -n-^- t 11 u 1 „ ^j 



siUitis. In all cases cultures showed 

 the presence of one or more varieties of the pyogenic cocci. In all cases he 



