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with certain palpable dangers, Poehl urges isolation of the 
essential element of the sperma, and experiments upon the 
action of the same .—Deutsche Medicmal-Ztg. 
OSTEOMYELITIS SUPPURATIVA. 
Prof. Jansen, Tokio. 
From ancient times, in Japan, the appearance of rare ani¬ 
mals of a white color, especially albinos, has been held to pre¬ 
sage a reign of happiness and prosperity to the ruling em¬ 
peror. 
A small white bear being found upon the Isle of Yeso by 
a native Aino, was in pursuance of the legend just related, pre¬ 
sented to the emperor, who in turn transferred the young 
cub to the imperial zoological garden in Tokio to be nurtured. 
That the animal was unhealthy soon became apparent, 
the affection progressing from the previous October to the 
middle of March, at which date the author attended the same 
at the emperor’s command. 
Status Praesens .—The patient, a male of medium size and 
somewhat over a year old, was covered with white hair, had 
a white skin, claws, nose and eyes devoid of pigment. The 
iris appeared red and the pupil reflex, of a yellow-red color. 
The mouth is continually open, and the jaws may not be 
brought in apposition, a space of one and a half inches sepa¬ 
rating them ; the molar teeth of the upper and lower jaws do 
not come in contact; saliva flows uninterrupted from the 
mouth at all times. 
By a closer examination we found the intermaxillary bones 
m their whole contour, as also the superior and inferior max¬ 
illary bones in their anterior portion, enormously hypertro¬ 
phied, to the extent of five times their normal proportions. 
The enlargement is mainly in the middle section of the 
bones named, which disposition permits the formation of 
deep grooves or interstices between the localized swellings 
which in themselves are about the size of an egg. 
The mucous membrane covering the stomatic portion of 
the left intermaxillary bone was destitute of epithelium, and 
in its center necrotic. On the enlargements, fluctuation 
