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BACTERIOLOGY. 



describe ; this is especially the case when liquefaction 

 is far advanced. 



stab-culture of the Finkler-Prior bacillus in gelatin, at 18° to 20° C. 

 a. After twenty-four hours. 6. After forty-eight hours, c. After seventy- 

 two hours, d. After ninety-six hours. 



In stab-cultures in gelatin at the room-temperature, 

 liquefaction is noticed about the upper part of the 

 needle-track in twenty-four hours ; this gradually in- 

 creases, until at the expiration of two or three days 

 the entire upper portion of the gelatin has become 

 converted into a cloudy fluid, whereas at the lower 

 part of the canal the liquefaction progresses less rap^ 

 idly, but is still much more marked than that seen as 

 a resxdt of the growth of Koch's spirillum, Indeed, 



