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ing very well. Kratter was able to demonstrate their 

 presence upon washed clothing six months after the orig- 

 inal soiling, and also found that they still stained well. 



Bumm found cocci similar to the gonococcus in the 

 urethra, and points out that the shape is not characteristic, 

 that the position in the cells is not positively diagnostic, 

 but that added to these characteristics we must have the 

 refusal to stain by Gram's method before we can say posi- 

 tively that cocci found in urethral pus are gonococci. 



