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6. No spirilla were found in cultures. 



7. An organism greatly resembling the fusiform bacilli of 

 Vincent's angina was found as the predominant organism in the 

 post-mortem on a case of broncho-pneumonia. It was grown 

 to the seventh generation, but not isolated. 



My thanks are due to Captain F. S. Perrings, M. C, in charge 

 of the Laboratory, Evacuation Hospital 19, for obtaining the 

 post-mortem material, and for his cooperation at all times. 



Since this paper was finished, I have found fusiform bacilli 

 very like those of Vincent's angina occurring in two unusual 

 locations. One was in smears from a peculiar ulcer surrounding 

 the lower canaliculus; the other in cultures from the pus of a 

 unilateral chalaziosis in which both lids were very extensively 

 involved. In the second case it appeared in pure culture and 

 grew well aerobically on the ordinary media. In both cases it 

 may have been a secondary invader but it is interesting to know 

 that such an organism may inhabit the conjunctival sac and 

 Meibomian glands, a fact not previously recorded, so far as 

 I know. The author hopes to report further on these cases. 



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