ABSTRACTS 467 



Further Experimentation in Animals with a Monilia Commonly Found 

 in Sprue. B. K. Ashford. Am. Jour. Med. Sc, 1916, 151, 520- 

 528. 



This report is a continuation of the author's studies in experimental 

 monihasis in animals by means of a new moniha found in sprue. He 

 feels that sufficient evidence has been gained to justify Bahr's opinion 

 that sprue is due to a monilia, but not Monilia albicans, since he has 

 found in Porto Rico a distinct, undescribed species in nearly one hun- 

 dred cases of true sprue, and in only a small percentage of carriers. 

 This organism is designated as Monilia X, and is ordinarily of low 

 virulence. The vu-ulence on long cultivation is partially or completely 

 lost, but may be recovered by passage through susceptible animals. 

 When promptly injected, after recovery from patient with sprue, 

 deaths generally result from mycotic septicaemia. Feeding tests 

 with the freshly isolated organism from the patient ordinarily failed 

 to kill animals, but when the virulence was raised by passage, it killed 

 by this method of administration. Some of the animals died rapidly 

 of a monilia septicaemia, others more slowly, probably from a toxin 

 developed by a localization of the organisms in the intestinal tract; 

 stomatitis has been observed, and also long continued severe diarrhoea 

 following the feeding tests. Most of the tests were carried out on 

 guinea pigs, although rabbits, monkeys, and the white rat were also 

 used. The gross and microscopical findings of the autopsied animals 

 are recorded. Noteworthy is the fact that the monilia, if attacking 

 an internal organ, were seen as large colonies having the appearance 

 of emboli. The intervening tissue spaces were generally free from 

 the organism, thus radically differing from a bacterial septicaemia. 



L. W. F. 



Analysis of One Hundred and Thirty-Four Cases of Baderiemia. M. 



Warren and W. W. Herrick. Am. Jour. Med. Sc, 1916, 151, 



556-577. 



The author's report, as the title states, is an analysis of one hundred 

 and thirty-four cases of bacteriemia observed during the past five 

 years in the various services of a general hospital. An outline of the 

 laboratory methods employed is given; also the bacteriological classi- 

 fication of the streptococcus group is considered. The cases are re- 

 corded under hospital case number, with age of the patient, the diag- 

 nosis, the maximum temperature, the leucocyte count and polyniiclear 

 percentage, the bacteriological blood findings, the treatment, and the 

 result. Tables are given summarizing the authors' findings. Of 

 especial interest to the bacteriologist is the table giving the General 

 Summary, which follows: 



