ACTINOMYCETES 443 



ity, appeared to be breaking up into short segments. No 

 coccus-like forms were seen. It is stained best by the 

 Weigert method, when deeply stained masses separated 

 from one another by more or less clear spaces are to be 

 detected. The organism was not obtained in culture, and no 

 effect was produced on guinea-pigs by subcutaneous inocu- 

 lation with bits of the diseased lung. 



