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gummy material partially soluble in the Auid of a saline emulsion. The 
Bate d fatty acid can be extracted with petrcl-ether filtered through 
pa u i icle bee 
u Saeternca bo gis and freed from solid dr 8 zi and 
when evaporated gives an orange coloured waxy-mass soluble in chloro- 
form and from this soaps are avaiable with proper nedteaiad with 
ak ali 
definite oak and general reaction in tubere ulous patients. Observations 
on the influence of these salts = the sors stimulation in man infected 
Note on the Ratios of the Numerical Content of certain 
Bacterial Suspensions obtained by the Haemocytometer 
method to those obtained with Brown’s opacity tubes. — 
By Masor J. Cunntneuam., 1.M.S., and B. Timorny. 
The opacity method of enumerating bacteria be ra by Bro 
was originally based on numerical enna ites ted by a ge 
tio Wright’s and Braxton Hick’s methods. iat er com mmunication 
the rates of the numerical content of er saab sions obtained by 
the meter method to his original table (taken as unity) was 
ey given for B. typhosus, a paratyphosus A and B, paratyphosus B 

A fur Shee series of ee ommon orga nisms have been submitted to 
a Similar procedure an Baie gare ios to Brown’s or fees table have been 
estimated. The r canis which have been obtained so far correspond 
closely with those given by Br tical eer of the opacity 
ubes as estimated by the oe oe meth om: z na 
than ¢ Nichi toed age given by this author, The ratio between the 
Id and ne thods varying sete 1 to 1-2 and 1 to 0°9 for different 
origan 
The zslue = formol-gel test for syphilis.—By 8S. Rama- 
KRISHN eee 
t 
The for ae test for haere! the Wasserman reaction an 
clinical. histories were compared in 120 c a Wasserinan reaction 
agreed _ Sok ere! histories Pa 93:33% 
V hile 
clinica] histor ries 
d with the 
us the formol- el test stands condemned when compare 
history of aes cases 1g well as with the results of the Wasserman reaction. 
On reversion of the nica: form of Leishmania Pr: Ms 
and Leishmania tropica to the res sistant non- fyi a 
torpedo and 0 body in culture tubes and its benone 2 2 
R Bee a “% search for the transmitter.—By 
on t do or 0 
ant tor 
a oxprinetal infection with Se the Bergen sah ot insect 
Phagocytes. Now there is no evidence of 
Seren with flagellates found in the so-called pakacren feta 5 poutive 
