x,B,1 Ruediger: Bacillus coli communis in Blood of Man Poe 
denly from 39° C. to 36°.8 C. between the evening of October 4, 
1914, and the morning of October 5, 1914. After that the tem- 
perature remained low and recovery was rapid. 
The serum obtained from patient 3 on October 5, 1914, ag- 
glutinated the organism obtained from his blood at a dilution 
of 1 : 200; the organisms from cases 1 and 2 and a stock strain 
of Bacillus coli communis and Bacillus typhosus were not ag- 
glutinated at a dilution of 1:50 (see fig. 2, chart for case 3). 
Case 4.—An adult Filipina was admitted to the Philippine 
General Hospital on September 25, 1914, complaining of fever 
and general sick feeling, which began three days after she had 
been confined ‘two weeks previous. Examination showed a 
bloody discharge from the uterus. On October 2, 1914, 10 cubic 
centimeters of blood obtained from a superficial vein in the arm 
were put into 200 cubic centimeters of citrate-glucose bouillon, 



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and a pure culture of Bacillus coli communis was obtained. The 
temperature of the patient was very irregular and recovery 
was slow. 
Blood serum obtained from patient 4 on November 5, 1914, 
agglutinated the organism obtained from her blood in a dilution 
of 1: 400 in six hours. The organisms from case 2 also was 
agglutinated in a dilution of 1 : 400 in six hours, while the or- 
ganisms from cases 1 and 3 and a stock strain of Bacillus coli 
communis and of Bacillus typhosus were not agglutinated in a 
dilution of 1:25 (see fig. 8, chart for case 4). 
CONCLUSIONS 
1. Microdrganisms corresponding in morphological and cul- 
tural characteristics to Bacillus coli communis may in certain 
cases be obtained from the peripheral blood of patients during 
life. 
