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Actinomycosis. —The transmissibility of this disease to 
animals by direct inoculation has been studied by Professor M. 
Wolff and Dr. J. Israel, who have succeeded in making pure 
cultures from a case of actinomycosis hominis by sowing the 
granules on agar kept at 37 0 and devoid of air. The microbe is 
considered to be an anaerobe, yet a small quantity of oxygen 
does not prevent its growth. It grows very well in alkaline 
bouillon. The microscopical appearance of this microbe is said 
to be very variable—short and long rods, simple, straight and 
branching or wavy filaments, cocci, and felt like masses are seen. 
The cocci are found free, but more frequently within the rods or 
filaments. The authors refrain from expressing a definite opin¬ 
ion as to their exact nature, but do not regard them as spores. 
They stain well by Gram’s method. I11 none of the cultivations 
were club shaped elements met, but by injecting these cultiva¬ 
tions into animals, tumors containing club shaped bodies were 
produced. Twenty-two animals were inoculated with the agar 
cultivations, and in all except one (a sheep) actinomycotic 
tumors were developed .—Medical Record. 
Tuberculosis in the Dog and Cat. —Eber has made 
autopsies upon 400 dogs and 100 cats to discover whether tuber¬ 
culosis was present, and found it in eleven of the former (2.75 per 
cent.) and one of the latter. The anatomical diagnosis was in 
every case established by microscopical examination for the tu¬ 
bercle bacilli. In nine of the eleven dogs the lung was the 
organ chiefly affected. The disease manifested itself in eight cases 
in the form of chronic indurating broncho-pneumonia with central 
softening of the newly formed tissue. There were also complica¬ 
tions in the form of chronic bronchitis with bronchiectatic cavities 
as well as pleurisy, pericarditis, and hydropic collections. The 
bronchial and mediastinal lymph-glands showed only in two cases 
distinct tubercle formation; in the remaining cases they were 
