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90 per cent, solution. At this time there was also considerable 
reduction in the 40 per cent. On the fifth day no growth was 
secured from the 40 and 30 per cent., and the numbers were much 
less in the 20 per cent.; the latter was sterile on the seventh; the 
culture was still alive in the 10 per cent, on the eleventh day, bid 
' -s dead on the twelfth. The control gave good growth still on 
the fortieth day. It was dead in the pure honey on the sixth day, 
TABLE 8.— BACILLUS DYSENTERIAE 
Per 
cent. 
Honey 
Longevity of 
Culture 
0 : 
6 
hrs. 
10 
hrs. 
Id. 
2d. 
3d. 
4d. 25d. 
30d. 
0.0 
+ 
+ 
+ 
+ 
+ 
+ 
+ + 
-- 
10.0 
+ 
+ 
+ 
-f 
+ 
+ 
— 
20.0 
-f 
+ 
+ 
+ 
— 
30.0 
-f 
+ 
+ 
-f- 
40.0 
+ 
50.0 
+ 
+ 
— 
60.0 
-f 
+ 
— 
VO.O 
+ 
+ 
— 
80.0 
+ 
+ 
— 
90.0 
+ 
+ 
— 
100.0 
+ 
+ 
— 
Next to Bacillus facdis alkaUgenes, Bacillus dysmtenac 
appears to be the most sensitive to the injurious action of the 
honey. Ten hours exposure to the 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, and 90 per cent, 
dilutions, as well as the pure honey, was sufficient to destroy this 
organism. It died out on the second day in the 30 per cent, and 
on the fourth day in the 10 and 20 per cent. The control still gave 
growth after 25 days, but was dead after 30 days. 
Table 9.— bacillus enteritidis 
Per 
cent. 
Honey 
Longevity of 
Culture 
0 
5 10 
hrs. hrs. 
Id. 
2d. 
3d. 
4d. 
5d. 
6d. 
7d. 
0.0 
+ 
-f 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
10.0 
+ 
+ 
4 
4 
. 4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
4 
20.0 
+ 
+ 
4 
4 
4 
4 
+ 
± 
30.0 
+ 
+ 
4 
4 
4 
4 
± 
40.0 
+ 
4 
4 
± 
50.0 
+ 
+ 
4 
+ 
--- 
60.0 
+ 
4 
70.0 
+ 
4 
4 
± 
80-.0 
+ 
+ 
4 
± 
90.0 
+ 
4 
4 
-- 
loo.o 
1 + 
4 
4 
± 
8d. 9d. lOd. I5d. 25d. 40d. 
“+ + 4 + + 
-f -f 
Bacillus enteritidis showed the iniurious -action of the honey 
after 24 hours in the dilutions above 40 per cent., the same giving 
no growth in 48 hours. It was dead in the pure honey in 48 houts ; 
