580 ABSTRACTS 



The Etiology of Typhus Fever in Mexico. (Tahardillo.) P. K. Olitsky, 

 B. S. Denver, and C. E. Husk. (Jour. A. M. A., 1916, 66, 1792- 

 1692.) 

 An organism was isolated from typhus fever patients in Mexico which 



possessed morphological and cultural characteristics identical with 



those of the Bacillus typhi-exanthematici. — G. H. S. 



The Etiology of Iritis. E. E. Irons and E. V. L. Brown. (Jour. A. 



M. A., 1916, 66, 1840-1844.) 



An etiologic study of 100 cases of iritis in which the causal relation- 

 ships of syphilis, gonococcal infection, tuberculosis, dental, tonsillar, 

 sinus, and genito-urinary infections are discussed. — G. H. S. 



The Laboratory Examination of Material in a Case of Suspected Small- 

 pox. J. N. Force. (Jour. A. M. A., 1916, 66, 1384.) 

 Pus obtained from a case of suspected smallpox injected intradermally 

 into immune rabbits, and controlled by injections of vaccine virus, de- 

 monstrated the absence of small pox. The test required but forty-eight 

 hours.— G. H. S. 



Experimental Studies in the Production of Chronic Gastric Ulcer. A. 0. 

 Wilensky and S. H. Getst. (Jour. A. M. A., 1916, 66, 1382.) 

 Cultures of various strains of streptococci and yeasts derived from 

 human gastric ulcers when injected into lesions artificially produced in 

 the stomachs of cats failed to cause ulceration or retardation of heal- 

 ing.— G. H. S. 



The Treatment of Genito-Urinary Tuberculosis with Rosenbach's Tuber- 

 culin. A. Hyman. (Jour. A. M. A., 1916, 66, 1379-1381.) 

 Rosenbach's tuberculin, a product of the symbiotic growth of the 

 tubercle bacillus and Trichophyton holosericumalbum, was used thera- 

 peutically in thirteen cases of urogenital tuberculosis. Two cases 

 showed improvement, the remainder were not influenced. — G. H. S. 



Recurrent Generalized Herpes of Infectious Origin. F. Cohen. (Jour. 



A. M. A., 1916, 66, 1598-1599.) 



Case report of generalized herpes simplex recurrent over a period of 

 two years. , 



A streptococcus was isolated from the lesions and admihistered as a 

 sensitized vaccine. Cure resulted. — G. H. S. 



Streptothrix in Bronchopneumonia of Rats Similar to that in Rat-Bite 

 Fever. R. Tunnicliff. (Jour. A. M. A., 1916, 66, 1606.) 

 A streptothrix, apparently Streptothrix murisratti was isolated from 

 several rats affected with bronchopneumonia. Morphological and cul- 

 tural characteristics are given. — G. H. S. 



