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been thought that tuberculosis, at least the intestinal form, was 
rare with them. Some pathologists have confirmed this clin¬ 
ical fact. Recently Prof. Wurtz has reported that in Abyssinia 
they consider the presence of these parasites as a sign of health. 
It has appeared interesting to the authors, to experiment and 
find out if the taenia possesses bactericide properties toward 
various intestinal microbes, saprophytes or pathogenous. The 
result obtained so far is most curious and seems to confirm the 
clinical observation recorded before. Now. the authors are 
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studying the action of the extract of taenia inermis on the tuber¬ 
culous bacillus; their researches are not completed yet, but 
they can already affirm that a maceration of taenia enjoys bac¬ 
tericide properties for the bacillus of Koch. Another com¬ 
munication will state the results obtained later on.— (Soc. of 
Biology.) 
Treatment of Malignant Pustule by Cauterization 
with Sublimate \_By Dr. Caforio ~\.—The following method 
is used by the author: First, the pustule is isolated. To this 
effect., taking hold of a fold of skin, whose apex is formed by the 
pustule, two incisions crossing each other at right angles, in¬ 
volving the healthy skin only’and passing through the infil¬ 
trated tissues as far as the healthy structure underneath them. 
Then in the wounds thus made 40 centigrams of pulverized 
sublimate are smeared over, carefully avoiding to put any round 
the seat of the lesion. Some pains result from this application, 
but they subside after four or five hours. A slough is then pro¬ 
duced, which once eliminated leaves a healthy wound, which 
goes on rapidly towards cicatrization. If around the anthrax 
infiltration a hard swelling has developed, the author,besides the 
sublimate cauterization, makes around the oedematous parts 
hypodermic injections of a solution composed of: Sublimate 
0.10 centigr., sterilized water 100 grams, chloride of sodium 1 
gram. For mild cases 4 syringefuls are inoculated in one day, 
in severe cases 6 or even 8 in 24 hours. In 20 cases treated, the 
fever and delirium have subsided rapidly and recovery occurred 
in a few days. In none of the patients were toxic symptoms ob¬ 
served .—(Semaine Medic.) 
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