320 ylniiKul lu'jKjii of tliC Iviijnl Vdcrindnj Cutlcje on their 
coLiutiy, tiud wiiniing' cousumei's uf meat of tlie tlanger of cou- 
tractiug the disease from tlie diseased animal. I'rof. Axe also 
published a ]xiper on the subjectj referring to his previous obser- 
vations in the Veterinarian. As early as 1 ST-l Prof. Axe observed 
the fungus in diseased tissues, but took them to be calcareous 
masses. 
At the time of the publication of J^r. Fleming's pamplilet 
AVens and clyers began to be suspectetl as instances of actino- 
mycosis. But until the application of last year from the member 
of the Society led to the incjuiry in Norfolk, and subsequently 
in other parts of the country, the fact of tliese tumours being 
among the forms which actinomycosis most commonly assumes 
was not known. 
A recent case of actinomycosis in a boy afforded an oppor- 
tunity of testing the communicability of the disease from man 
to the lower animal. A calf was inoculated at the lloyal Veter- 
inary College with some of the morljid matter from the tumour 
in the boy's chest, and when the aniuuil was killed two months 
afterwards the disease was fonud to be fully established. The 
illustrations exhibit the fungus as it was seen in the tissues of 
the human being (Fig. 1), and its appearance iu preparations 
from the inoculated calf (Fig. -). 
Fig. 
rrpparaUon from a iuinuur in a 
boi/s cheft shoiciwj the (lifts of 
arfinomi/cosis. 
Prepciration of the mcscnl.cri/ of a calf 
tico months after inoculation with 
the discharge from the tumour of the 
boy. {See Jig. 1.) 
In Fig. 2 the club-shaped rays of the fungus are rather 
more prominent than iu the specimen from the human subject, 
but there is no doubt of the identity of the two organisms. 
The work wdiich has been done during the past year in con- 
nection with this disease has led to important results. It has 
been clearly established that iu the form of wens actinomycosis 
