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cells, spores and filaments of higher fungi ; and larvae of vermes, ame- 

 bas, diatoms, algae, etc. 



Attention is called to the examination of such deposits from the 

 medico-legal as well as from the hygienic standpoint.— G. H. S. 



Controlling the Spread of Sputum. W. A. Manheimer. (Medical 



Record, 1916, 89, 997-999.) 



Sputum is one of the most dangerous of human discharges because 

 of its wide dissemination and high content in pathogenic bacteria. 



Experiments conducted to determine the viability of a culture of colon 

 bacilli, when placed upon mailing envelopes as organisms in the spu- 

 tum would be deposited in ordinary licking showed that of the bacteria 

 sent through the mail, 5 per cent remained alive. Diphtheria bacilh 

 placed upon envelopes and dried could not be cultivated in the few 

 experiments performed for this purpose. 



Valuable suggestions are given, which would aid in controlling the 

 spread of sputum. — M. W. C. 



MEDICAL BACTERIOLOGY 



Case of Coccidioidal Granuloma. S. T. Lipsitz, G. W. Lawson, and 

 E. M. Fessenden. (Jour. A. M. A., 1916, 66, 1365-1367.) 

 Case report with detailed account of the blood picture and bacteri- 



ologic findings. — G. H. S. 



The Contents of Ovarian Cysts. J. T. Leary, H. J. Hartz, and P. B. 

 Hawk. (New York Med. Jour., 1916, 104, 16-18.) 

 Bacteriological examination of the contents of six ovarian cysts re- 

 sulted in negative findings in every case. — M. W. C. 



Neisserian Proctorrhea. Charles C. Mapes. (The Urol, and Cut. 



Rev., 1916, 21, 1.) 



Infection of the rectal mucosa with the diplococcus of Neisser (Gono- 

 coccus) occurs more frequently than is generally believed. — C. P. B. 



The Treatment of Human Rabies with Quinin and with Phenol. F. S. 



Fielder. (Jour. A. M. A., 1916, 66, 1300-1302.) 



Several case reports of human rabies treated by injections of quinin 

 or phenol. No specific action of the drugs was manifested. — G. H. S. 



Trichinosis and the Cerebrospinal Fluid. W. Lintz. (Jour. A. M. A., 



1916, 66, 1856.) 



An accurate and rapid method of diagnosis in suspected trichinosis is 

 to be found in an examination of the cerebrospinal fluid for Trichina 

 spiralis. — G. H. S. 



