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the descriptions given by other observers (see E. Wagner, 

 ' Archiv der Heilkunde,' 1874). 



The appearances in the second case were very similar, as 

 regards the lymphatics, &c. The appearances in the ab- 

 domen were like those in the last case, including the stomach. 

 The spleen was enlarged and softened. Bacteridia in masses 

 were found in the blood of the heart (examined at once), 

 and on the next day in a mesenteric vein. The white cor- 

 puscles were increased. No movements were seen in these 

 bacteridia ; but that they were not coagula of any kind was 

 shown by their having kept perfectly well for some months 

 with acetic acid. The blood had carried these into all the 

 organs, but in the gangrenous-looking spots in the intestines 

 there were no rods or fibres, but heaps of micrococci. 



This is the first published case of direct communication 

 from man to man, though Lube and Miiller's cases ('Deutsches 

 Archiv fiir Klin. Med.') show that such transmission has been 

 suspected. Dr. Orth inoculated a rabbit with the fresh 

 blood of the second case, and from this one another, and so 

 on, till eight were injected. Masses of bacteridia were 

 found in the blood and connective tissue of all these animals. 

 — Medical Record. 



