894 
CARL W. GAY. 
TABLE OF BACTERIAL FINDINGS. 
Disease. 
Cases. 
1 
Organisms Isolated. 
Fistulous Withers . . 
L 2, 3, 5, 7 
Streptococcus and white micrococcus. 
4 and 6 
Streptococcus, white micrococcus and 
yellow micrococcus. 
Poll-Evil. 
8 and 9 
Streptococcus and white micrococcus. 
Scirrhous Cord . . . 
10 and 16 
Sterile. 
11 
Streptococcus and white micrococcus. 
12 
Streptococcus and yellow micrococcus 
13 
Cultures from inside cord sterile. 
From suppurating wound after re¬ 
moving cord, streptococcus and 
white micrococcus. 
14 
Discharge before operation — white 
micrococcus. Sterile from inside 
cord. Iodine had been injected 
prior to operation. Three days 
after operation in suppurating 
wound a streptococcus and white 
micrococcus. 
15 
Yellow micrococcus. 
Deep shoulder ab- 
17, 18, 19, 
Y'ellow micrococcus. 
scesses . 
20, 21 
Infected open wounds 
22, 23, 24,25 
Streptococcus and white micrococcus. 
Infected operation 
wounds. 
26, 28, 29 
Streptococcus and white micrococcus. 
27 
White micrococcus. 
SUMMARY. 
I. From seven cases of fistulous withers we have isolated 
three varieties of organisms, a streptococcus, a yellow and a 
white micrococcus. In two of the seven cases all three of these 
organisms were found and in the remaining five a streptococcus 
and white micrococcus only. It is important to note that the 
strep:ococcus has been present and in predominating numbers 
in all of the cases. Five of the seven cases of fistulous withers 
had not discharged when presented at the college clinic, nor was 
there any external opening, except in the first case, where there 
were two distinct abscesses, one discharging and one not. Of 
these five cases three contained no living organisms, as media 
inoculated from them remained sterile. Hence the organisms 
