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the micro-org-anisms, proper investig-ation presup.poses a 

 cultivation upon a fluid nutrient medium. 



4. That the presence of the bacteria in hernial water 

 appears to stand in close relation vi^ith all the factors 

 which threaten the vitality of the strang-ulated parts in a 

 special way. 



Dr. Ustler says: "Where a bacteriolog-ical examination 

 cannot be made, the practitioner must reg-ard as suspicious 

 all forms of throat affection in children and carry out 

 measurs of isolation and disinfection. 



The mortality from the plag"ue in China in 95 per cent of 

 all cases, according- to a letter to the French Academy of 

 Medicine. Dr. Yersin has discovered a new serum remedy 

 for the plag"ue, which reverses thefig-ures, leadings to about 

 95 per cent of recoveries. 



A g-entleman by the name of Oleta is reported to have 

 arrived in Paris from Guiana, with a vaccine ag^ainst ser- 

 pent's bites. The remedy has been known -by the native 

 neg-roes, it would appear, for many years, but has only of 

 late received scientific study. 



The Presse Medicale reports that from January 1st to 

 July 30th there were four hundred and sixty-eig-ht deaths 

 from variola in the city of Marseilles. 



MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETIES. 



The Microscopical Society of Washing-ton has elected 

 the following- officers for the ensuing- year: President, J. 

 M. Yznag-a; vice-president, A. A. Adee; recording- secretary 

 L. M. Moers; corresponding- secretary, H. H. Doubleday; 

 treasurer, Dr. Robert Reyburn; curator. Dr. Wm. H. 

 Seaman. 



A. M. S. — The officers of the American Microscopical 

 Society for 1896-7 are: President, Prof. E. W. Claypole, 

 B. Sc, F. G. S., Akron, O.; Vice-Presidents, C. C. Mellor, 

 Pittsburg-, Pa.; A. M. Bleile, A. M., M. D., Columbus, O.; 



