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Mitscherlich’s apparatus, which contained sterilized water. In this way 
it became saturated with moisture, and this, together with the contained 
germs, was deposited when the current was transmitted through a 
Liebig’s tube kept quite cold. The deposit was collected and examined 
bacteriologically, and the quantity of air used was determined by means 
of an aspirator. 
Dithion, a New Antiseptic.* — From his experience in veterinary 
practice Herr. L. Hoffmann finds that dithion has pretty strong antiseptic 
action. The medium appears to be useful in the treatment of wounds. 
A case of tetanus in a horse turned out favourably under the influence 
of large doses of this substance. 
Action of some Sozoiodol Preparations and of Tribromophenol- 
Bismuth on Cholera Bacilli.f — Dr. A. Draer finds from experiments that 
sozoiodol preparations, especially the mercurial and acid, have a power- 
ful disinfecting property as regards cholera, while tribromophenol, even 
when used of twice the strength (4 per cent.) is not nearly so effective. 
* Repertorium d. Tierheilkunde, 1893, No. 1. See Centralbl. f. Bakteriol. u. 
Parasitenk., xiii. (1893) p. 634. 
t Centralbl. f. Bakteriol. u. Parasitenk., xiv. (1893) p. 97. 
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