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ity, appeared to be breaking up into short segments. No 

 coccus-like forms were ' seen. It is stained best by the 

 Weigert method, when deeply stained masses separated 

 from one -another by more or less clear spaces are to be 

 detected. The organism was not obtained in culture, and no 

 effect was produced on guinea-pigs by subcutaneous inocu- 

 lation with bits of the diseased lung. 



