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Bacteiia of tbc Sputa anb Cr?ptooanuc 

 flora of tbe fIDoutb. 



By Filandro Vicentini, M.D., Chieti, Italy. 



SECOND MEMOIR. 



Translated by Professor E. Saieghi. 



IRecent JBacteriological IResearcbes q\\ tbe Sputa; 

 tbe /IDorpboloG^ an^ JBiolOG^ oX tbe /IDicrobes 

 ol tbe /Iboutb, 



Further Remarks on the Bacteria and Bacilli found 



IN the Sputa. 



§ in. 



OPINIONS HITHERTO HELD RESPECTING THE MICRO- 

 ORGANISMS OF THE MOUTH, according: to Miller. 



History and General Facts. 



WHEN I for the first time began to examine the fructification 

 of Lepfot/irix, of which no mention had hitherto been 

 made in the ordinary text-books of microscopy, I, of course, 

 consulted several of the special publications quoted in the Biblio- 

 graphical Appendix, in order to ascertain whether others had des- 

 cribed these fructifications before; but my search was fruitless. 

 It is true that Robin believed in their existence, as appears 

 from the quotation at the beginning of this Memoir; but the 

 granules mentioned by him are simply the reserve gemmules of 

 this microphite. However, I should not have been induced to 

 treat on this subject so early, had I not unexpectedly met with a 

 very conspicuous specimen of such fructification in some pulmo- 

 nitic sputum (see Fig. t6). I then wished to acquaint myself 

 with the last work of Miller, already quoted, and on perusing it, 

 I found that he had not even touched on that point ; but, on the 



