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MEDICAL BACTERIOLOGY 



Present Views in Respect of Modes and Periods of Infection in Tubercu- 

 losis. Mazyck p. Ravenel. Jour. A. M. A., 1916, 66, 613. 

 A general review of the literature on the subject. — G. H. S. 



Influenza. A. H. Doty. Medical Record, 1916, 89, 455-456. 



A general discussion of influenza with special emphasis upon means 

 of prevention. M. W. C. 



Chronic Tonsillitis. Louis Fischer. New York Med. Jour., 1916, 



103, 147. 



Bacteriological examinations of the throats of cases of chronic tonsil- 

 litis have shown the presence of Staphylococcus aureus, and an occa- 

 sional streptococcus, never the Klebs-Loffler bacillus. — M. W. C. 



Peritonitis Following Acute Ovaritis of Anginal Origin. Russell M. 



Wilder. Jour. A. M. A., 1916, 66, 659. 



In the authors opinion many cases of so-called primary peritonitis 

 result from infection of the throat passing to the ovaries and finally 

 causing peritonitis. In the author's case diplococci and streptococci 

 were found. — G. H. S. 



Two Unusual Strains of Diphtheroid Bacilli. Ralph R. Mellon. 



Medical Record, 1916, 89, 240. 



A preliminary note briefly describing the cultural and biological char- 

 acteristics of two strains of diphtheroid bacilli, both of which are patho- 

 genic for animals. One of the strains is of especial interest culturally 

 because of a most marked pleomorphism. — M. W. C. 



Common Affections of the Eye. S. D. Risley. New York Med. Jour., 



1916, 103, 145. 



Bacteriological examinations of the discharges from a large number 

 of cases of ophthalmia neonatorum indicate that the disease is not al- 

 ways due to the gonococcus, but frequently to a variety of other micro- 

 organisms. Gonococcus is present in from 50 to 65 per cent of the 

 cases.— M. W. C. 



The Control of Diphtheria Epidemics. W. D. Stovall. Jour. A. M. 



A., 1916, 66, 804-806. 



The author reports an epidemic of diphtheria in which the Schick 

 test was employed. The use of the skin reaction and throat swabs 

 together with prophylactic administration of antitoxin where indi- 

 cated presents a most satisfactory method of combating epidemics of 

 diphtheria. — G. H. S. 



Removal of Tonsils and Adenoids in Diphtheria Carriers. S. A. Fried- 

 berg. Jour. A. M. A., 1916, 66, 810. 

 Report of 6 cases of diphtheria carriers m which the condition could 



not be remedied by the local application of kaolin. 



