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by the dry heat. These threads should not be simply 

 laid upon the bottom of the sterilizer, but should be sus- 

 pended from a glass rod, which may be placed inside 

 the oven, extending across its top from one side to the 

 other. 



Place several of the infected threads in the centre of 

 a bundle of rags. Subject this to a temperature neces- 

 sary to sterilize the threads by the dry method. Treat 

 another similar bundle to sterilization by steam. In 

 what way do the results of the two processes differ ? 



