So Scientific Proceedings (42). 
47 (572) 
The production of glycosuria as a result of the intravenous 
injection of Witte's peptone. 
By YANDELL HENDERSON and FRANK P. UNDERHILL. 
[From the Physiological Laboratory, Yale Medical School and the 
Sheffield Laboratory of Physiological Chemistry, Yale 
University.} 
Renewed investigation concerning the phenomena provoked 
by intravenous administration of Witte's peptone has demon- 
strated the production of a marked glycosuria, following such in- 
jections. The appearance of sugar in the urine is accompanied by 
hyperglycemia. The experiments were carried out for the most 
part upon dogs. When Witte's peptone is injected into the rabbit 
glycosuria is not in evidence, an observation which is in entire 
accord with the failure of this substance to induce certain other 
phenomena in this animal which are brought about in the dog. 
The tentative hypothesis is advanced that the presence of sugar 
in the urine is induced as a result of the respiratory disturbances 
set up by the "peptone" injection. 
The phenomena connected with the injection of " peptone" 
mixtures are being subjected to further investigation. 
48 (573) 
Tubercle bacilli in the feces of cattle. 
By W. J. MAONEAL and 0. F. BRISCOE. 
[From the Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Illinois, 
Urbana, III.] 
Between June, 1908, and August, 19 10, a number of tests upon 
the feces of cattle were made at the Illinois Agricultural Experi- 
ment Station to determine the presence or absence of tubercle 
bacilli. These tests were of two kinds, (1) by direct microscopic 
examination and (2) by inoculation of animals. 
The microscopic method included the examination of stained 
slide preparations of (a) mucus on the exterior of the fecal mass, 
