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ened in lysol solution. The next morning upon the removal, 
of the latter, fresh granulations were exposed to view, with a 
minimum amount of suppurative product. The fever, which 
the day before had been 103°, fell to ioi° ; the foot sustained 
a quota of the body weight, but the contractions remained 
unaltered. No swelling observable at point of injection. 
During the subsequent three days the same treatment was 
ordered. Convalescence, though slow, was nevertheless 
noticeable, and in one month the animal was put to work. 
In the other three cases of tetanus no wound was patent 
by which the bacilli could secure entrance into the body. 
These each received daily subcutaneous 3 iij injections of a 
three per cent, solution of lysol. Three drachms of a solu¬ 
tion of the same strength were mixed in a quart of water at 
85° to 96°; and the whole injected per funnel and tube into 
the rectum. From the beginning of the lysol therapy the 
tetanoid condition ceased to extend, and throughout fourteen 
days remained stationary ; after this time it regularly receded. 
It is not the purpose of this article to advance lysol as an 
anti-spasmodic to be used in tetanus, but it must be admitted 
that it very materially aided in the recovery of four cases of 
tetanus. In morbus maculosis nothing is comparable to this 
agent; not even the solution recommended by Dieckerhoff 
can approach it in completeness or achievement; it stands 
alone, almost idiopathic remedy. In purpura two 3 iij injec¬ 
tions are given at one time once daily.— Berl. Woch. 
NATURE OF FISH POISONING. 
A. observed two consecutive cases of poisoning through 
the consumption of fish. The bodies of six persons who had 
partaken of fish yielded several species of bacteria. A few 
cultures possessed many characters in common, while others 
were distinguishable through the fish from which they were 
acquired. Animals inoculated with the cultures manifested 
symptoms similar to those observed in man.— Centr. f. Bad. 
u. Par. Bd. x. 
