376 ABSTRACTS 



"Microscopical methods of examining dried milk-films are of value 

 for two purposes: (a) They may be used for the rapid examination of 

 milk in order to grade it according to its bacterial quality, both the num- 

 ber and the character of the bacteria present being taken into account. 

 A microscopical examination permits a fairly accurate guess as to the 

 probable plate count which will be secured from a given sample of 

 milk, (b) They are also useful as research methods, the microscopical 

 method being the only known method which permits a count of the 

 number of individual bacteria. Microscopical counts of the number 

 of isolated individual bacteria and compact clumps present in milk 

 give figures which compare well with those obtained where petri plate 

 methods of counting are used." — H. L. L. 



MEDICAL BACTERIOLOGY 



Foot and Mouth Disease in Man. R. L. Sutton and A. O'Donnell. 

 (Journ. A. M. A., 1916, 66, 947-949.) 

 Report of a case. — G. H. S. 



Early Tuberculosis of the Cervix. T. S. Cullen. (Surg., Gyn,, and 



Obstet. 22, 261.) 



Tuberculosis of endometrium and cervix. Patient 25 years of age. 

 Condition rare. — C. P. B. 



Some Fatal Ear Cases in the Writer's Practice. O. D. Stickney, M.D. 

 (Jour, of Ophth., Otol., and Laryngol., 21, 189-204.) 

 Eight cases reported. Five had meningitis following otitis. Pneu- 



mococci were isolated from spinal fluid in one case, streptococci from 



another.— C. P. B. 



The Choroidal Tubercle in Tuberculous Meningitis. J. F. Bredeck, 



M.D. (Am. Jr. Ophthalmol., 23, 1-8.) 



Choroidal tubercles may be found in 2 per cent of the cases of tuber- 

 culous meningitis if careful, daily search is made. — C. P. B. 



The So-C ailed Primary Tuberculosis of the Conjunctivita and the Con- 

 junctival Tuberculosis of Lupus Patients. K. K. K. Lundsgaard. 

 "(Am. Jr. of Ophthal., 33, 54-59.) 



Of 48 patients 19 had primary conjunctival tuberculosis; 29 lupus 

 patients had conjunctival tuberculosis. Former believed to be endog- 

 enous and the latter ectogenous. — C. P. B. 



An Unique Lesion of the Heart in Systemic Blastomycosis. T. B. Hur- 

 ley. (Jour. Med. Res., 1916, 33, 499-502.) 



A report of an autopsy of a case of systemic blastomycosis in which 

 the musculature of the heart was extensively involved. This is, ac- 

 cording to the author, the second case of its kind to be reported. No 

 cultural studies are reported.^ — H. W. L. 



