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by his ascitic-fluid-tissue method from phagedenic lesions on human 

 external genitals. It is probably a new species. 



Spirochseta macrodentium.' — Cultivated by Noguchi; ^ is believed by 

 him to be identical with the spirochsete found in Vincent's angina. 



Spirochseta microdentium. — A similar organism with wide con- 

 volutions, cultivated by Noguchi from the tooth deposits chiefly in 

 children. It was grown on mixtures of sheep serum water and sterile 

 tissue in a way similar to that employed by him for other organisms of 

 this group. 



Spirochseta calligyrum. — Cultivated by Noguchi ^ from condylomata 

 — is probably a new species. 



1 Noguchi, Jour. Exp. Med., xv, 1912. 

 ^ Noguchi, Jour. Exp. Med., xvii, 1913. 



