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SUMMARY OF CURRENT RESEARCHES RELATING TO 
deals with the technical details of bacteriological procedure in a concise 
though thorough manner, the author’s aim being to attain his object in 
a direct and simple way. 
To enteric fever and cholera, on account of their importance, more 
than the usual space is given. The work is divided up into 9 sections : — 
(1) the Microscope; (2) sterilization and disinfection; (3) nutrient 
media ; (4) cultivation ; (5) staining ; (6) special cultivation and stain- 
ing methods; (7) examination of water, air, and soil; (8) inoculation 
of animals ; (9) methods for preserving preparations and cultures. 
Atlas of Photomicrographs of Microparasites.* — Drs. GL Itzerott 
aud F. Niemann have brought out a most excellent atlas of photographs 
of microparasites, chiefly bacteria. Altogether there are 126 photographs, 
for the most part from cover-glass preparations of pure cultivations, 
and these are consistently given of the same magnification throughout — 
a point of great importance. The remainder are photographs of yeasts, 
moulds, pleomorphic bacteria, and protozoa. 
The letterpress consists of two parts, the first dealing with the 
apparatus and methods necessary for photomicrography, and the second 
with the morphology and biology of bacteria. Then follows a detailed 
description of each species photographed. These descriptions, though 
necessarily short and concise, afford considerable information, e. g. the 
history, methods of cultivation and jneparation, the size, shape, and 
appearance, results of experiments on animals and so forth are given. 
Bunge, R. — Zur Kenntnis der geisseltragenden Bakterien. (On Flagellate 
Bacteria.) Fortschr. d. Med., 1891, pp. 653-70. 
Cassedebat, P.-A.— De l’action de l’eau de mer sur les microbes. (On the 
Action of Sea-water on Microbes.) 
Rev. d. Hygiene et de la Police Sanitaire, XVI. p. 104. 
Crook shank, E. M. — Abstract of a Lecture on Microbes and the Spread of 
Disease. Journ. State Med., II. (1894) pp. 198-202. 
Dietl, P. — New Californian Uredineae. II. Erythea, 1894, p. 127. 
Duclaux, E. — Moyens d’examen des eaux potables. (Methods for Examining 
Potable Waters.) Journ . d' Hygiene, 1894, pp. 429-31. 
Gabritschewski, G. — Bacterium coli commune. 
Med . Obozren, 1894, pp. 1087-1102 [Russian]. 
Haase, C — Zur Morphologie der Milzbrandbacillen. (The Morphology of the 
Bacilli of Anthrax.) Deutsche Zeitschr. f. Tiermed., XX. (1894) pp. 429-30. 
H ellin, D. — Das Verhalten der Cholerabacillen in aeroben und anaeroben Kul- 
turen. (The Relation of Cholera-bacilli in Aerobic and Anaerobic Cultures.) 
Arch. f. Hygiene, XXI. (1894) pp. 308-16. 
Iolin, Severin — E inige Untersuchungen iiber die Leistungsfahigkeit der 
Kieselguhrfilter. (Some investigations on the use of Filters with Infusorial 
Earth.) Zeitschr. f. Hygiene u. Infektionskrank., XVII. p. 517. 
Issaeff & Ivanoff- — U ntersuchungen iiber die Immunisirung der Meerschwein- 
chen gegen den Vibrio Ivanoff. (Researches on the Immunization of the 
Guinea-pig against Ivanoff s Vibrio.) 
Zeitschr. /. Hygiene u. Infektionskrank., XVII. p. 117. 
Jean, F. — L’analyse bacteriologique des eaux potables. (The Bacteriological 
Analysis of Potable Waters.) Journ. d' Hygiene, 1894, pp. 417-8. 
Kruse, W. — Kritische und experimentelle Beitrage zur hygienischen Beurtheilung 
des Wassers. (Critical and Experimental Contributions to the Hygiene of 
Water.) Zeitschr. f. Hygiene u. Infektionskrank., XVII. p. 117. 
* Leipzig, 1895, 115 pp., 21 photo, pis. 
