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testine, spine, etc., we found zoogloe of micrococci, cocco- 
bacteria, never filaments ; definite colored or living bacteria 
very seldom. From this standpoint, the blood specimens which 
we have examined have an extraordinary interest, inasmuch as 
we have found microbes (i) in cases of clinically substantiated 
cases of tuberculosis, (2) in cases of clinically healed tuber¬ 
culosis, (3) in cases of latent tuberculosis, i. e ., in patients who 
having the tubercular diathesis give no clinical evidences of tu¬ 
berculosis. In the spermatic fluid we have found zoogloe, cocco- 
bacteria, and bacilli. The bacteriological examination of the 
sperma is easier than that of the blood and often of greater im¬ 
portance ; for we have found micro-organisms (zoogloe, cocci, and 
bacilli) in the sperma of patients, whose blood frequently 
examined showed no microbic elements ; we are speaking of 
course of patients showing no evidences of inherited tuber¬ 
culosis. 
The importance of differentiating between the finding of or¬ 
ganisms in blood on one hand and spermatic fluid on the other 
must not be forgotten. The blood is not culture medium, 
merely carrying micro-organisms with it which it meets in its 
circulation. The spermatic fluid, on the contrary, is an ideal 
and favorite habitat for micro-organisms of other chronic dis¬ 
eases besides tuberculosis. 
The microbes circulate merely in the blood but live in sper¬ 
matic fluid. The presence of microbes in the blood means that 
somewhere in the body a focus of infection exists which sends 
microbes into the blood. The presence of microbes in 
the blood may, however, suffice to furnish an early di¬ 
agnosis of tuberculosis before any noticeable clinical mani¬ 
festations ensue. We can point out many cases diagnosti¬ 
cated early as tuberculosis through blood examination whose 
only symptoms were anaemia or disturbances of digestion, that 
proved to be tubercular afterward. The presence of microbes 
furthermore in the blood may help in the diagnosis of doubtful 
cases. The presence of microbes in the spermatic fluid, how¬ 
ever, is of far greater importance, as it throws a new light upon 
the transfer of the microbe from father to child, not only in 
tuberculosis, but in syphilis, etc. Therefore to the author there 
is no doubt on this point, that an infected parent can inoculate 
the ovum at the time of fecundation.—( Oest. Monatschrift f 
Tliierhlk. und Revue.) 
Equine Vomiting \_Martiri \.— Equine vomiting as well 
as its connection with abdominal lesions has always been an in- 
