30 
Table No. 14. — Bouillon containing various percentages of formalin was distributed in test 
tubes and each tube was inoculated with a small loopful of a forty -eight-hour agar cul- 
ture of B. mallei kept under observation in the incubator at 37° C. for fifteen days. 
Table No. 15. — Bouillon containing various percentages of formalin was distributed in 
' test tubes and each tube was inoculated ivith a small loopful of a forty-eight-hour agar 
culture of B. anthracis kept under observation in the incubator at 37° C. for fifteen days. 
[+ means growth: — no growth.] 
Dilution, j 
First day. 
Second day. 
Third day. 
1 Fourth day. 
Fifth day. 1 
Sixth day. 
Seventh day. 
Eighth day. 
Ninth day. 
Tenth day. 
Eleventh day. 
Twelfth day. 
Thirteenth day. 
Fourteenth day. 
Fifteenth day. 
1 to 7,000... 
- 
- 
- 
- 
1 + 
\ scant. 
1 
} - 
+ 
■(» 
+ 
+ 
+ 
+ 
+ 
+ i 
+ 
1 to 6,000... 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
] + 
(scant. 
+ 
+ 
+ 
+ 
+ 
+ 
+ 
+ 
1 to 6,000... 
1 to 4,000... 
1 to 3,000... 
1 to 2,000... 
1 to 1,000... 
1 to 500 ... . 
I + 
\ scant. 
+ 
+ 
+ 
+ 
+ 
+ 
Table No. 16. — Bouillon containing various percentages of formalin was distributed in 
test tubes and each tube was inoculated with a small loopful of a forty -eight-hour agar 
culture of B. diphtherise kept under observation in the incubator at 37° C. for fifteen days. 
[+ means growth: — no growth.] 
