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in vulvar smegma from healthy individuals, a similar 

 organism, identical both in morphology and staining 

 peculiarities, could be demonstrated. Of course the oc- 

 currence of Lustgarten's bacillus in the internal organs 

 could not but argue against the probability of its identity 

 with the smegma bacillus ; but L,ustgarten himself pointed 

 out that the bacilli of both tuberculosis and leprosy stain 

 by his method, and thus gave Baumgarten the right to 

 suggest that the few cases well adapted for the demon- 

 stration of the lyustgarten bacilli might be cases of mixed 

 infection of tuberculosis and syphilis. 



The bacillus has not been isolated or cultivated, and 

 its proper relation to syphilis is a matter which must be 

 decided by future experimentation. 



