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Staphylococcus often produces an inflammatory reaction in the conjunctiva and 

 cornea. They refer to the observations of Gifford and Bossalino on this point. 



Oliver considers the infections of the conjunctiva as mixed ones, in which one or 

 other organism becomes more and more prominent, and determines the subsequent 

 course of the condition. He considers the corneal complications as essentially due 

 to the action of the pyogenic organisms, for whose activity the others only prepare 

 the way. 



Morax, who had several times previously summarized the position, has lately 

 given his statistics in the paper by R. Auge on 692 cases of conjunctivitis : 

 175 Koch-Weeks bacilli (14 negative). 

 258 Diplobacilli. 

 121 Gonococci. 

 18 Pneumococci. 

 6 influenza bacilli. 



2 Loflier's diphtheria bacilli. 

 6 Staphylococci. 



10 indeterminate bacilli or cocci. 



96 ' amicrobiennes,' of which 8 had many xerose bacilli. 



He gives the remarkable statistical record that, amongst 165 cases of ophthalmia 

 neonatorum, 70 were gonorrhoea! and 95 non-gonorrhceal, of which latter no fewer 

 than 77 were ' amicrobienne+ 



Bach and Neumann in 110 cases found : 



35 containing Diplobacilli 



(5 pure, 4 + xerose bacilli, 22 + Staph., 

 1 + Pneumococci, 1 + Pneumobacilli, 2 + 

 Streptococci). 

 15 Pneumococci. 



(6 pure, 7 + Staphylococci, 2 + Streptococci, 



Staphylococci and xerose bacilli) . 



53 ,, Staphylococci inl&Tcge numbers, but with them 

 xerose bacilli, and often Sarcince (quite a 

 large proportion of this group must be 

 considered as of doubtful etiology). 



Veasey in 64 cases of acute catarrhal conjunctivitis found : 



3 containing Koch-Weeks bacilli. 

 53 ,, Pneumococci 



(10 times mixed with others). 

 6 ,, Staphylococci. 



This is an enormous preponderance of Pneumococci. 

 Lundsgaard obtained a positive result 68 times in 107 cases, of which : 

 38 contained Diplobacilli. 

 15 ,, Pneumococci. 

 5 ,, Gonococci. 

 5 Staphylococci. 



1 ,, diphtheria bacilli. 

 1 ,, B. coli communis. 

 3 ,, Koch- Weeks bacilli. 



In 381 cases Scholtz and Verner (Budapest) found : 

 178 containing Dip lobacilli. 

 65 Koch-Weeks bacilli. 



11 Pnenmococci. 



