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Control of Diphtheria. D. M. Lewis. (Jour. A. M. A., 1916, 66, 



1535-1536.) 



Emphasis is placed upon the value of epidemiological work in the 

 control of diphtheria. It is asserted that the examination of the naso- 

 pharyngeal cavity of patients and contacts is more reliable than cul- 

 tural work for the detection of carriers. — G. H. S. 



Tuberculin in Surgical Tuberculosis. E. Bonime. (New York Med. 



Jour., 1916, 103, 726-728.) 



Tuberculin, if properly administered, is of great value in surgical 

 tuberculosis. In cases where other infections occur in connection with 

 the tuberculous processes, an autogenous vaccine should be used in 

 addition to the tuberculin. — M. W. C. 



Newer Laboratory Methods for the Early Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuber- 

 culosis. M. H. Kahn. (Jour, of Lab. and Clin. Med., 1916, 1, 599- 

 607.) 



A description of various laboratory tests used in the diagnosis of tu- 

 berculosis. The only test of absolute diagnostic importance is the bac- 

 teriological examination of the sputum. All others are as yet of but 

 relative value. — M. W. C. 



A Case of Infection of Lymph Glands with Bacillus Paratyphosus B. 

 C. S. Cole. (Jour. Infect. Diseases, 1916, 18, 349-352.) 

 A condition of multiple lymph-adenitis, first diagnosed as Hodgkins' 

 disease, and later found to be a paratyphoid infection without the 

 manifestation of typhoid-like, gastro-enteric symptoms. — P. B. H. 



Etiology and Laboratory Diagnosis of Smallpox and Chickenpox. J. N. 

 Force. (Jour, of Lab. and Clin. Med., 1916, 1, 243-25L) 

 A review of the methods which have been proposed for the diagnosis 



of smallpox and chickenpox. 



For absolute diagnosis or differential diagnosis between smallpox and 



chickenpox, the intradermal inoculation of the suspected material into 



vaccinia immune rabbits appears to be the simplest and most reliable 



method.— M. W. C. 



The Immune Response in Pulmonary Tuberculosis. E. Bonime. 



(New York Med. Jour., 1916, 103, 930.) 



In Germany the early use of tuberculin in tuberculosis has caused a 

 marked diminution in the death rate from the disease. Physicians of 

 this country should be urged to combine tuberculin treatment with the 

 usual hygienic measures employed in the early stages of tuberculosis. 



M. W. C. 



Flagellate Protozoa as an Etiologic Factor of Dysenteric Diarrhea. B. 

 W. Rhamy and F. A. Metts. (Jour. A. M. A., 1916, 66, 1190-1191.) 

 The authors assert that Trichomonas intestinalis is a cause of acute 



or chronic diarrhea following the drinking of impure water. 



