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Rivolta, but none of them met with success, and hence some 

 authorities, among them Canalis, Piana, Gali-Valerio, &c. con- 

 sidered that, the cryptococciis is a kind of sporozoa. Recently 

 in 1895 Bnsse observed a kind of saccliaroinyces in sarcoma-like 

 new formation at the tibia of a woman and C. Fermi and E. 

 Ariicli have since reported the result of culture experiments of 

 cryptococciis o{ Rivolta, and they say that the microorgmism was 

 easily cultivable and the inoculation of the culture was positive. 



According to the description of Rivolta and others, the 

 saccJiaromyccs , which we have found in Japanese farcy, are 

 undoubtedly identical with the cryptococciis farcimiuosiis of 

 African farcy. The culture experiment of Fermi and Ariicli does 

 not agree with my experiment, especially on the morphology of 

 the vegetative form of saccharomyccs. According to our ex- 

 periment the vegetation of the saccharomyces of Japanese farcy 

 is very sloiv and gradual, and it never forms so distinct a colony 

 in the 3rd day as observed by Fermi. He got only a spherical 

 vegetative form. And from these differences it is doubtful whether 

 Fermi's culture was the same as that obtained by me. Recently 

 I have tried peritoneal inoculation of my culture and also of the 

 content of farc)', on guinea pigs and hares, but the result was not 

 promising. 



How does natural infection take place 



The postmortem and clinical facts that the morbid process 

 begins mostly in the cutis and that it appears generally in ex- 

 posed parts of the skin, indicate that the infection takes place 

 from the skin more especially from superficial wounds. In single 

 cases we observed infection from natural openings of the skin, 

 hair follicles, sebaceous glands, &c. For proper infection, how- 

 ever, as indicated by the result of inoculation, the praedisposition 

 of the animal body plays a gre-ater part, and this praedisposition 

 seems to depend on the age and constitution of animal ; sex, 

 color of skin, &c., have no influence. The following data were 

 supplied by Prof. Katsiishima (a), Miyagi Agricultural School 

 (b) and by Mr. Shinorjaki (c). Military veterinary officer of 

 the Remounting depot of Kajiyasawa, and the number has been 

 reduced by the author. The 3rd is the average of 2 years (1890 

 and 1891). 



