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fection, the bacteria being largely coccal, and not being 

 acid fast as they would have been had the disease been 

 tuberculosis. Besides, how could the first guinea pig 

 have developed in three weeks an extensively dissemin- 

 ated tuberculosis due to a bacillus (tubercle) which is 

 probably the shyest breeder in the whole range of 

 bacteria? The idea is so unlikely that even without 

 a microscopical examination of the bacilli it will be 

 seen that there is but little excuse for even the average 

 medical or veterinary practitioner when he calls this 

 disease by its wrong name. And when those who are 

 really conversant with modern bacteriology will take 

 the opportunit}'' of revising the whole question as it 

 stands bequeathed to us by the earlier observers, they 

 will find it quite necessary to abandon their present 

 position. I use the phrase "really conversant" to 

 distinguish that section of medical men from those 

 who have done no more than go through the ordinary 

 short course considered necessary to give medical 

 students a general idea of the subject. 

 {To be continued). 



a few Botes o\\ British BirOs in 



Bviaries, with some attempts to 



breet) tbem. 



By Sidney H. Sneli^, M.D. 



^'^ ow first as regards the aviaries themselves — my 

 *n / first venture took the form of a double one — 

 ,-L-.0» of which one part was wood, lighted by frosted 

 glass windows, and the other was wire on top 

 and all sides but one. The wooden part I thought 

 would provide shelter by night and in very heavy 

 storms, and would also be perfectly secure in case of 

 attacks by cats. As a precaution I had the whole 

 garden wired round with three feet high chicken wire 



