Honey as a Carrier oe Intestinal Diseasks 
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TABLE 15— B. LACTIS AEROGENES 
Per 
cent. 
Honey 
Longevity of 
Culture 
5 10 
0 hrs. hrs. 
Id. 
2d. 
3d. 
4d. 
5d. 
6d. ' 
7d. 
8d. 
9d. lOd. 
0.0 
+ 
+ 
+ 
' 4 - 
" + 
4 - 
4 - 
4 - ' 
4 - 
4 - 
10.0 
+ 
4 - 
4- 
+ 
+ 
4 - 
4 - 
4 - 
4 - 
4 - 
4 - 
4 - 
4 - 
20.0 
+ 
+ 
4 - 
4 - 
4 - 
4 - 
± 
+ 
± 
— 
30.0 
+ 
+ 
+ 
4 - 
— 
40.0 
+ 
+ 
+ 
— 
50.0 
+ 
+ 
4 - 
— 
60.0 
1 + 
+ 
+ 
— 
70.0 
+ 
+ 
— 
80.0 
+ 
4 - 
± 
— 
90.0 
+ 
+ 
— 
100.0 
+ 
+ 
+ 
4 - 
— 
B. lactis aerogenes lived in the pure honey until the third day; 
however, in 48 hours there was a reduction in numbers. The 
organisms disappeared rather rapidly from the 60, 70, 80, and 90 
per cent, in 10 hours and were absent from all above 30 per cent, 
in 24 hours. After 48 hours the 30 per cent, gave no growth and 
by the eighth day the 20 per cent, was sterile; growth was still 
obtained from the 10 per cent, and control after 10 days. 
TABLE 16.— PARATYPHOSUS “B” 
Per 
cent. 
Honey 
Longevity of 
Culture 
5 ” 10 ’ 
0 hrs. hrs. 
Id. 
2d. 
3d. 
4d. 
5d. 
6d. 
7d. 
0.0 
4 - 
4 - 
+ 
+ 
4 - 
4 - 
10.0 
4 - 
4 - 
4 - 
4 - 
+ 
— 
20.0 
4 - 
4 - 
4 - 
+ 
30.0 
4 - 
4 - 
— 
40.0 
4 - 
4 - 
— 
50.0 
4 - 
4 - 
— 
60.0 
4 - 
± 
— 
70.0 
4 - 
+ 
— 
80.0 
4 - 
± 
— 
90.0 
4 - 
— 
100.0 
4 - 
4 - 
-h 
— 
8d. 9d. lOd. 
“ 4 - 
B. paratyphosiis ‘"B” behaved almost the same toward the 
honev as B. paratyphosus '‘A''. The germs were dead in 24 hours 
in* the pure honey ; the numbers were much reduced in the 60, 70, 
80, and 90 per cent, after 5 hours, and in 10 hours all were dead 
in the dilutions above 20 per cent. After 48 hours no growth was 
obtained from the 20 per cent, and there was a very marked reduc- 
tion in numbers in the 10 per cent. ; the latter was sterile on the 
third day. The control was alive after 10 days. 
