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ABSTRACTS 



General Summary 



ORGANISM 



Str. hemolyticus 



Str. viridans 



Str. mucosus 



Staph, aureus 



Staph, albus 



Pneumococcus 



B. coli 



B. influenzae 



Anaerobic streptococci 



B. mucosus 



B. mallei 



B. alkaligenes 



Mixed infection 



Str, hemolyticus and Staph, aureus. 



Str. hemolyticus and B. typhi 



Str. viridans and Staph, aureus 



Str. viridans and B. coli 



Staph, aureus and B. coli 



B. proteus and B. coli 



B. influenzae and Staph, albus 



All cases 



67.0 



64.0 



100.0 



56.0 



66.0 



60.0 



66.0 



100.0 



66.0 







100.0 







86.0 

 100.0 

 100.0 





 100.0 

 100.0 

 100.0 

 100.0 

 61.1 



In the table giving the results of treatment are found twenty- 

 five cases treated with vaccines with a mortality of 81 per cent, and 

 four cases treated with serum, with a mortality of 75 per cent, which 

 according to the authors shows "the futility of present measures of 

 specific therapy of generalized infections."— L. W. F. 



Tonsillar Endamehiasis and Thyroid Disturbances. J. S. Evans, W. S. 



MiDDLETON AND A. J. Smith. Am. Jour. Med. Sc, 1916, 151, 



210-222. 



The authors discuss the various theories of the causation of endemic 

 goitre, in particular, those more recently advanced, based on the view 

 that the disease is of an infectious nature. From data obtained from 

 the physical examination of a large number (1328) of men (University 

 of Wisconsin) it was found that 27.2 per cent had thyroid involvement. 

 Of these, 22.8 per cent showed infective cryptic tonsillar lesions; this 

 was increased to 90 per cent when those having nasal lesions were 

 included. These observations suggest a connection between the nasal 

 and throat affections, and the thyroid involvement. Since Entameba 

 gingivalis (Gros) apparently plays a role in the etiology of pyorrhea, 



