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METHOD OF ^MAKING THE FILMS, 



The pus is to be spread out into thin films at the time 

 at which it is taken, and this is true whether the prac- 

 titioner intends to make the examination for himself, or 

 is about to send the material to a laboratory. Conor - 

 rhceal pus should never be forwarded dried on a piece 

 of cotton-wool or enclosed in vaccine tubes. 



The films are to be made thus : Take two clean 

 slides and place two or three platinum loopfuls of the 

 pus on the centre of one of them ; sterilise the needle 

 and lay it down. Now take the other slide and apply 

 its centre to the pus and allow it to fall on to the first 

 slide by its own weight ; do not squeeze the slides 

 together. Then slide them apart, keeping each in its 

 own plane until they are entirely separated. This will 

 give you two excellent films. Allow them to dry and 

 fix them in the flame. 



The films may also be made on cover-glasses, exactly 

 the same process being adopted, except that it will be 

 necessary to squeeze the two lightly together. The 

 fixation is accomplished by passing the cover-glasses 

 rapidly through the flame. 



These are the methods by which films are spread in 

 all cases ; the way in which the pus should be obtained 

 varies somewhat with the nature of the case. 



In the male it is advisable to cleanse the meatus and 

 to reject the first drop of pus, taking the second with a 

 platinum loop and proceeding as before. Antiseptic 

 precautions are entirely unnecessary, as no attempt is 

 to be made to get cultures. If the patient is suffering 

 from phimosis, and there is a purulent discharge which 



