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Anne Sahingetar, died March 10th ; post-mortem examina- 
tion 11th March, 1873. Some rather shrivelled tubercles 
from the face were examined ; large, dry brown bodies were 
found in parts, formidably large, and easy to be seen with 
the naked eye. In the microscopical preparations oscillating 
rods were to be found everywhere, and after the addition of 
potash-lye I was fortunate enough to see in several of the 
large brown elements a sort of striation amongst the apparent 
granulations ; the brown ones adhered strongly to the glass, 
and when the glass cover was lifted up and removed from 
one place to another, many pieces were found remaining 
on it in many places ; these pieces showed themselves to be 
composed of small rod-shaped bodies, which crossed each other 
in every direction, 
March 17th. — No articulated threads have formed them- 
selves in any of those preparations which were kept in a damp 
room. 
21st. — Christian Loluft. Eruption over the whole 
body rather severe ; two newly-formed tubercles were 
punctured with a needle ; a drop of something resembling 
pus ” was squeezed out at the same time ; the drop was 
viscid, tough, and did not float out by pressure on the 
glass cover ; only a few cells at the edges became free by the 
addition of distilled water, also when the glass cover was 
repeatedly lifted up and set down on the one side. It was 
also evident from microscopical examination that the prepara- 
tion contained a few blood-corpuscles. After the addition of 
water and tlie glass cover still remaining removed, nothing 
remarkable is to be found in the preparation ; if, however, 
on the contrary, the glass be moved from side to side so 
that a portion of the preparation is floated, a not incon- 
siderable number of oscillating rods of different sizes make 
their appearance in the fluid. Two similar preparations 
were made, one with and one without water (in a moist 
chamber) ; besides these a preparation of blood was made, 
in which, on examination with Hartnack No. 11, no bacteria 
could be discovered ; finally, two other preparations of the 
contents of the tubercle without water. 
23rd. — No articulated threads to be found in any of the 
preparations ; those without the addition of water still 
appear as quite fresh. 
24th. — The same as above. 
25th. — Also the same. 
28th. — Still no fungus. The preparation without water 
kept remarkably well. The cells had a perfectly fresh 
appearance. The preparation containing serum was also 
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