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white fluid. Under these conditions its growth is ac- 

 companied by a marked aromatic odor, impossible to 

 describe; this is especially the case when the liquefac- 

 tion is far advanced. 



FIG. 77. 



Stab-culture of the Finkler-Prior bacillus in gelatin at 18 to 20 C. 



a. After twenty -four hours, b. After forty-eight hours, c. After seventy-two 



hours, d. After ninety-six hours. 



In stab-cultures in gelatin at the room temperature, 

 liquefaction is noticed about the upper part of the 

 needle-track in twenty-four hours. This condition 

 gradually increases, and at the end of two or three days 

 the entire upper portion of the gelatin has become con- 

 verted into a cloudy fluid, whereas at the lower part of 

 the canal the liquefaction progresses less rapidly, but is. 



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