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followers, one meets with constant variations in the technique of the 

 reaction. Thus it is very difficult to arrive at an exact description or^a 

 conclusive opinion. Many non-cancerous sera give a positive meiostag- 

 mine reaction. The test has not yet been adopted as a clinical aid. 

 A review of the early literature of this subject is given by Bernstein 

 and Simons, Amer. Jour. Med. Sciences, Dec., 1911. 



