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preparations from the nasal discharge showed bacteria which 
resembled those of rabbit septicaemia in greater or less num¬ 
bers. They were much more numerous in preparations made 
from scraped mucosa than in those from the secretions. The 
presence of these bacteria was expected in cases where the 
lung disease was advanced, but usually in those cases the 
nasal symptoms were less marked. Their appearance in the 
nasal cavities of rabbits suffering from the rhinitis only indi¬ 
cated a causal relation existing between these bacteria and 
the rhinitis. The temperature of the rabbits suffering from 
rhinitis was normal, but when the lungs or pleura became 
affected the temperature was elevated. In order to trace the 
course of the disease several of the rabbits that were suffer¬ 
ing with rhinitis were killed and examined. This demon¬ 
strated the fact that the rhinitis was usually the starting 
point of the disease. 
RABBITS WITH RHINITIS THAT WERE KILLED FOR 
EXAMINATIONS. 
Rabbit. 
No. 
Rhinitis 
Appeared. 
Rabbit 
removed 
from Pen. 
Rabbit 
Killed. 
Suffered 
from 
Rhinitis. 
Lesions. 
26 
May 8, ’93 
I 
June 8 
30 days 
Rhinitis. Trachea hyperaemic, de¬ 
pendent portion of cephalic lobe of 
right lung hepatized, rabbit septi¬ 
caemia bacteria. 
28 
May 8, ’93 
E 
June 3 
25 days 
Severe rhihitis. Lungs normal, rab¬ 
bit septicaemia bacteria from nasal 
secretions.* 
39 
May 8, ’93 
R 
Jun.22 
45 days 
i 
Rhinitis. Lungs normal, rabbit sep¬ 
ticaemia bacteria from nasal mu¬ 
cosa f scrapings. 
27 
May 9,’93 
YY 
June 7 
29 days 
Rhinitis. Right lung collapsed, pleu¬ 
ra covered with cellular exudate, 
rabbit septicaemia bacteria. 
55 
June22,93 
FF 
Jun.28 
6 days 
Severe rhinitis, lungs normal, rabbit 
septicaemia bacteria. 
* Rabbit septicaemia bacteria isolated from impure liquid cultures by means 
of agar plates. 
t A rabbit inoculated -with the cultures obtained from the nasal mucosa per¬ 
ished of rabbit septicaemia. Pure cultures were obtained from its organs, and 
i 1 cover-glass preparations from the same the polar stained bacteria were found 
in large numbers. 
