300 FUNGUS INFECTIONS 
MISCELLANEOUS FUNGUS INFECTIONS 
A considerable number of lesions have been attributed to different 
fungi. Some of these have been carefully described while others have 
not. These infections are liable to be encountered at any time. 
Because of the indefinite character of most of the descriptions, but 
one of them is mentioned here. 
Blastomycetes infection in horses. Fermi and Aruch described a 
disease in horses resembling glanders except that it did not affect the 
lungs, which was caused by a blastomycete. It is known as Farcin 
@ Afrique. 
Frothingham has described a tumor-like lesion in the lungs of 
horses caused by a blastomycete torula. The growth was about ten 
inches in diameter and on section resembled in appearance a myxosar- 
coma. The central portion was easily removed, the outer zone form- 
ing a firm border wall composed of fibrous tissue. A microscopic 
examination of the central portion showed it to consist of a fine mesh- 
work of fibrous tissue, in the meshes of which were many cells and 
blastomycetes. These were fatal to rabbits and guinea pigs. He 
cultivated the organism on artificial media. 
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1. Froramvesam. A tumor-like lesion in the lung of a horse caused by a blasto- 
myces (Torula). Jour. of Med. Research, Vol. VIII (1902), p. 31. 
2. Nicuots. The relation of blastomycetes to cancer. Journ. of Med. Research, 
Vol. VII (1902), p. 312. 
3. Rickerts. Oidiomycosis (blastomycosis) of the skin and its fungi, Journ. 
of Med. Research, Vol. VI, p. 377. 
4. Weis. Four pathogenic torulae. Journ of Med. Research, Vol. VII (1902), 
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