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should contract; but in this case the eserine had no effe< 
whatever. 
Diagnosis and Prognosis —Paralysis of the eye, the result ( 
atrophy of retina as a consequence of choroiditis (intern; 
ophthalmia), the first cause being these various attacks ( 
specific iritis. Formation of a cataract and of deposits i 
vitreous body. Incurable. j. 
The patient has had no other attack of iritis since Dec. i*- 
1894, and she is used every day as saddle horse. 
This case is interesting because it shows the terrible alter; 
tion brought on by the disease, and specially because it coi 
firms the opinion of Dr. Rolland and Dr. de Metz that th 
so-called periodic ophthalmia is nothing else than the inflamms. 
tion of the iris (iritis). I have in my notebook a few othet 
cases that tend to confirm this opinion, and which will b: 
published in due course of time in The Review. 
I 
PNEUMONIA. 
By R. B. Plageman, D.V.S., Brooklyn, N. Y. 
Pneumonia is a general disease, no local product; the ir 
flammation of the lungs is only the leading symptom. Th 
phenomena of the disease cannot be explained by the loca 
affection. This assumption of a specific germ or germs i 
necessary. Pneumonia bacillus (Friedlander); pneumoni 
coccus (Frankel). Pneumonia belongs then to the group 0 
infectious diseases. 
According to Weichselbaum, the bacteria found in th» 
different pulmonary inflammations are to be regarded as th< 
The conclusion is completely justified on the follow 
cause. 
ing grounds : Definite, well-characterized species of bacteri; 
not only occur constantly in acute pulmonary inflammation 
but can be demonstrated in greatest abundance and activit] 
in the earlier stages of this inflammation. They have beei 
isolated and cultivated, and when introduced into the sys 
tern have produced processes which, taking them in toto , cor 
respond to inflammation of the lungs. 
