132 1.58.C. Proceedings of the Ninth [N.S., XVIII, 
Note on the Weight Curve of the Nor mal PR Infant 
Seats the first year. ae Miss D. F. Cur 
$ paper was werd ant of 842 observations made at a ‘© Baby 
v ” centre at Del A previ a series of weights at birth gave an 
average weight of am. Whi le it i is obvious that many more observa- 
w a this is rapidly made up and follow d a steady rise 
during the first three months of life which is the period of t rapid in- 
cr h of the twelfth the average weight is over 10} lb 
From the 3rd month onwards the rise 1s more g a t n the 
24th week the average weight being 12 he average weekly gain 
during the first six months is about four ounces r sixth to the 
welfth month the curve as indicated on the chart was more theoretical as 
fewer observations were recorded at these ages. Du his e 
ise wai n to be more gradual and at the end of the first year the child 
weighed about two and a muc t bir e object of 
i t a : 
the note is to bring before those concerned with infant welfare in India 
the desirability of recording weights of the infants under their observation 
in such a way that accurate records irom different parts s of the country 
may be collected. 
Tuber ee beasts A attle is rare in India at as in the western 
Presidency. In view of this fact it was of interest and importance to 
investigate the catia and origin of an outbreak of tuberculosis that 
were — from ~ apoaee ny and from one which died of tuberculosis in 
en: gardens. The fac SS. the danger of importing into India 
mals from foreign a tuberculosis is common 
without satin safe guards te Pion ae opecdoia from the disease. 
On some observations on Tubercle Bacilli in culture 
with special reference wi the properties of an Endoli- 
pase.— By Lr.-Cov. R. Row, 1.M.8. 
The known biological fact that ani — or vegetable cells yield en- 
zymes has been extended to bacterial cells also. These bodies bein, ng speci- 
fic according to the richness of particular eeuuleaate rinciple it may be 
pres ent p Leal is to ascertain what enzymes if any, can be demonstra 
in a mass of T. B. grown on solid media and their earl on the sam 
during pate sis. Two kinds of enzyme ne a proteoly- 
tic and the “other De an tic. “Both produce changes in the t tuberculous 
mass-physical, chem nd microscopic. The result is the libera soe 
of a mixture of fatty stds demonstrable by acid reaction and for 
’ ese incom soaps. The micro a changes result in the alteration x 

nels sulting from the solvent porte n on the waxy material. The 
en the action is Se eoaipiuts become Bons ank. The protease produces 
