Honey as a Carrier oe Intestinae Diseases 
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TABLE 19. — B. ENTERITIDIS 
Per 
Longevity of 
Culture 
cent. 
5 
10 
Honey 
0 
hrs. 
hrs. 
Id. 
2d. 
3d. 
4d. 
5d. 
6d. 
7d. 
8d. 
9d. 
lOd. 
0.0 
+ 
+ 
4 - 
4 - 
4 - 
+ 
4 - 
4 - 
4 - 
4 - 
4 - 
4 - 
+ 
10.0 
+ 
+ 
■ + 
+ 
— 
20.0 
+ 
+ 
4 - 
— 
30.0 
+ 
+ 
4 - 
— 
40.0 
+ 
+ 
+ 
— 
50.0 
+ 
4 - 
4 - 
— 
60.0 
+ 
4- 
+ 
— 
70.0 
+ 
+ 
± 
— 
80.0 
+ 
4 - 
± 
— 
90.0 
+ 
4 - 
± 
— 
100.0 -H + + + ± — 
B. enteritidis was alive in the' pure honey on the second day, 
but its numbers were much less than in the control ; it was dead 
on the third day. There was a marked reduction of the organisms 
in the 60, 70, 80, and 90 per cent, concentrations in 10 hours, and 
after 24 hours, the 10 per cent, dilution was the only one which 
contained living organisms, by the second day they had disap- 
peared from this. The control gave growth after 10 days. 
TABLE 20. — B. PARATYPHOSUS “A” 
Per 
cent. 
Honey 
Longevity 
of 
Culture 
0 : 
5 10 
hrs. hrs. 
Id. 
2d. 
3d. 
4d. 
5d. 
6d. 
7d. 
8d. 
9d. 
lOd. 
0.0 
4 - 
4 - 
4 - 
4 - 
+ 
4 - 
-f 
4- 
+ 
-h 
+ 
4 - 
4 - 
10.0 
4 - 
4 - 
4 - 
4 - 
4 - 
— 
20.0 
4 - 
4 - 
+ 
4 - 
— 
30.0 
+ 
+ 
— 
40.0 
-H 
-f 
— 
50.0 
4 - 
— 
60.0 
4 - 
— 
70.0 
4 - 
± 
— 
80.0 
+ 
± 
— 
90.0 
+ 
— 
100.0 
4 - 
4 - 
4 - 
— 
B. paratyphosus “A’' was dead in the pure honey after 24 
hours. In the dilutions above 40 per cent, the numbers were re- 
duced after 5 hours, and in ten hours everything above 20 per 
cent, was sterile. By the second day the organisms had disap- 
peared from the 20 per cent., and by the third from the 10 per cent. 
The control was alive after 10 days. 
