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has resulted in a cure within five to seven days in 60 per cent of the 

 author's cases of gonorrhea. 



New, well developed cases, where no evidence of phagocytosis is 

 shown, are more stubborn in yielding to treatment than cases where 

 the gonococci are mostly intracellular. In the latter group of cases, 

 the use of vaccines is indicated. — M. W. C. 



A Study of the Bacteriology of Chronic Prostatitis and Spermatocystitis. 



Harry B. Culver. Jour. A. M. A., 1916, 66, 553. 



Review of literature. Detailed account of technic employed by the 

 author. 



34 cases examined organisms were recovered from 70 per cent. 

 Twelve different organisms were isolated — Staphylococcus alhus, Strep- 

 tococcus hemohjticus, Gonococcus, diphtheroid bacillus. Micrococcus tetra- 

 genus and M.catarrhalis, Bacillus profews, a colon-like bacillus, anaerobic 

 staphylococus and streptoccoccus and unidentified gram-negative cocci 

 and diplococci. 



Skin tests, agglutination and opsonic determinations showed that in 

 66 per cent of the cases tested the organisms isolated appeared to be 

 specific for the infected individual. Vaccine treatment was apparently 

 beneficial. — G. H. S. 



Gallbladder Diseases. C. H. Mayo. New York Med. Jour., 1^16, 103, 



433-436. 



Diseases of the gallbladder are of infectious origin. Cultures made 

 from the tissues of actively diseased gallbladders, and inoculated in- 

 travenously into experimental animals caused disease of the gall- 

 bladder, even to occasional stone formation, in 61 per cent of 41 ani- 

 mals. (Rosenow.) - . 



Stones removed from the gallbladder may retain living bacteria for 

 years. The stone is the result of the infection, not the cause of the 



The mode of infection is not yet known. Several theories have been 

 advanced, the most probably being that of Rosenow— that the tissues 

 of the gallbladder are open to infection through the vascular system. 

 Typhoid bacteremia is frequently the etiological factor and in this case 

 the attack is undoubtedly through the vascular system. 



Several methods of treatment are described.— M. W. C. 



The Bacteriology of the Recent Grip Epidemic. Charles Halpin 



Nammack. Medical Record, 1916, 89, 369. 



Cultures made from 50 cases, which had been clinically diagnosed 

 as grip, revealed the following findings: 



Influenza-like bacilli in 19 cases, in 6 cases alone and m 13 asso- 

 ciated with other microorganisms. 



Pneumococcus F ^^ ^^^^^ 



Hemolytic streptococcus P ^ ^^^^^ 



Friedlander's bacillus ^'^ ^ ^^^^^ 



Staphylococcus P f ^^^^^ 



Micrococcus catarrhalis "^ ^ ^^^^ 



