ascsEfiiisr JUS® wmtiSf^ jecckcscofs!; Era 135 



y^i^ SBB© «sff fflDDScmrstrs I^BB^ffla, Affiar iSig fotcctlv day tlie filaments and rods 

 fet^dc wp BDDfei sanaEfer ajuE ffiSoeSSeB- fisEgmentg, resuliiiig ia chains of diplo- 

 fflB^a^JESsfe s^atrretima^. xvlfi^ fesfettj separate into cocci In. this state, 

 leaa^qnsseErai^ to t3n5r ^ocS'fSSOiBKiEsiv of the endosporous forms, they may 

 jp!essim» ISss: « Icag fenae tJierr TitaliJy and power of development. Maero- 

 s&uf^assSSifyi&eresxItaz&i a^eftalKKJ^ entirely with, lije contagium. of syphilis, 



€W63i0!saa. <sff Iwag'^sesfcse.* — Herren J. Poels and "W. JToIea find, in 

 sbM essss^ &£ fii^j BnnDD^-«Esea®g,. a particular micrococcus constantly present 

 iJEEi l&e laa^. aiu£ at tSte esaidation, ia the plenral canity, whicE can be 

 i!gsBeB%r ©"cMTated,. It occurs botlv as coccus and diplococcus, occasionally 

 as tr^Ibcisecus,. oc thCTS may he as; many as six arranged in a chain. The 

 ijrscoiR fe nesEcIy oc quite spherical, wi& a diameter of about • D ^w, but 

 -piaicyia^ heim&m. Q-8 and- l-I ^,. TIncoIrtured preparations from the lungs 

 jbkJ fiKBOt t^ pfeuial exadatiott shxswed some inyesfced witK an evident 

 aaw^lsjf® Wss: EriigdilaBuieE's ^Pkeamomeacem, &oai wiiicli, however, it was 

 (i^lna^in^p@£ %- ai Bu^i^ sec^^vity ^ gtgQIeat,^ l^mg coloured by all the 



FffliiBu tffle lleefcf l3ia* IffiLis mcsms. is always aTssent feora the lungs of 

 aooBPcfi (Esttfe: ;: l5uift It £s always present after inoculating with. lung-disease ; 

 t&at,, wfievi caM^ated in. pure cuItures,^ it can. be used for inoculation, 

 (smiwx^ pnimonary ehsxn^en in catde a ^w days after infection, the authors 

 (inacfirde 'Siat it is ifeglf the contetgium. of lung-disease* 



Smaft'5?T*e,f — Er,. LsMes deajribes the microbe wEich, always accom.- 

 gaajgs this i li^uase,. sl the fecm, of delicate rods similar to tbose of Kocb's 

 sftptiB«m^rac fi.£ mice,, but gnnxewhat shorter and slightly tHcfcer. With 

 W&f^y^si- jiigroeasmrae-ggntiaa^ofefe double sfctining mej take an intense 

 WsmhMsie coloua:, and S£& t^ea. readily seen in tho pink tissue. By Gram'^s 

 flie&od lh&j sate: sfitll more: easily rendered visible,. Cultures in various 

 untoiiisrtfc ^as^ peodaiced only the one kind of bacterium, closely resembling 

 ifflartt <s£ tte simtie3saxi& of mice,. In one instance small ovoid bacteria were 

 «ft<feaeED©J,. aad tfiie author concludes that probaEly two distinct but similar 

 Smsssm sses: meladi^.d in 1^ terra. " Eotiil^l'^ 



Be ILo^^Eec's remvlfcs sas. in essential pornte confirmed by Dr. Schutz,f 

 H^fei&^afi,. £n contrast to prgeoiis,. fcwia are not receptive te the virus 

 - 1ffi« smneHfever,. Ife re^tcds tie disease as identical w£(^ tJie French. 

 ' osflfl^ dg* fsscSi.'" 



SwBflQe^^vetf— 1Sd@ fll^ssqi^lsffiffi «f #@ iiitfecoii^ of 1^£s disea^ by ]>£& 

 A. I^yTMoa smSk M- St^P^ltiy&i^ ^i^iees> m siis siain features with, that of 

 ILrtffier,,! «a^|rtt ^ott l&gjr m^e^ fflf iffipg; BaBB«2BD£ a« somewhat larger and as 

 agwssffiEdly fecmfo^ s^orea. Fos' ^femssBS^ tfSai^i!ra& €l«jan's gentian-violet- 

 ttfims^ 5%Bieat,. wiu^ secondary ^JteoBCSBg iBf » «Kiate «^eous solution of 

 ^^SBsmL M m f&xsBi^ m. ^ t&$ ss^Hiff «£ seofesfedl SBPcnsbls, especially the 

 Wkis^ WistCp ^HesiSf «sA %ffiBgdBosttii^ 0»sSs^ joelisalaely in tbose of the 

 ^Bilss^&iB^ «siDsL Ib& «sm9 m. ^^ssiieaasmis- S^sssmi, #« authors noticed in 

 sMiiHam. » l^s^^lfflHi^^ w^&smes^ lS»6SS&m^f§as^m^ rows of spores which. 

 ^ssmi^&»^ssmisaal^6£ ^stmmsi&si^ of tbe rod, but at 



x^^ SBO^^ 1l)» iilt ll^f Bb^£^!7^ ftttfiv^v^ #alt: ^u$ &)i-mec i» tbe true 



* Frtutesdiis:. (fi. Ufefi,. wr.. mSS^. ^ee Ejit CaKtebTBI.,, xxviv (Igg6) p. 2S0, 



f J&sftfflJCL. K (S^nicE&eiteattrtg, BerBn,. £ (138$); ^. 4tS~55. See Bot Centralbl,, 



" '-■' - -■"'•-. gggr Bnfe. CentaralM., xs-vli. CI886) p. S24; 



.18, 31, ' Der Rnthlanf cf. ScEweiiie,' 254 pp. and 23 pte 

 ^ ' .' :Hnti!alhl., s.ivii, Ls^H) p: 298. || See sftpra. 



