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plague of the West has close relations with human 

 diphtheria." 



Several observers have noted the occurrence of 

 an infectious disease among fowls, attended with 

 the formation of false membrane in the trachea, 

 which is supposed by some to be identical with 

 diphtheria in man. 



Nicati has successfully inoculated various ani- 

 mals with the false membrane, and states that the 

 outbreak among fowls studied by him coincided 

 with an increase of diphtheria among the inhabi- 

 tants in the vicinity. 



DISEASE PRODUCED BY BACILLI. Abstract of 

 a paper by J. Cossar Ewart, M. D., Professor of 

 Natural History, University of Edinburgh : 



" About the end of March of this year, a new form 

 of fever made its appearance in Aberdeen. The fever 

 began with the usual symptoms ; there was well-marked 

 rigor ; then a sense of coldness for some hours, accom- 

 panied with great depression ; the pulse was rapid, and 

 the temperature increased in some cases to 105 Fahr. 

 In the worst cases there was delirium. One of the most 

 characteristic symptoms was an affection of the deep 

 cervical glands near the angle of the jaw ; the glands 

 enlarged ; there was a feeling of fulness about the 

 throat, congestion of the tonsils, and pain along the 

 course of the lymphatics of the side of the neck affected. 

 In from twenty-four to forty-eight hours the fever sub- 

 sided, leaving the patient in a state of great exhaustion. 

 In most cases there was a relapse, which corresponded 

 exactly with the first attack, with the difference that 

 another set of glands and lymphatics was affected. 



