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VERANUS A. MOORE. 
before the life history and the importance of these organisms 
will be fully determined. The outcome of the fragmentary 
examinations herein mentioned tend to the conclusion that in 
comparative pathology streptococci are of much more value 
than we have heretofore been accustomed to assign them. 
While the facts elicited are not sufficient to warrant very 
general conclusions, they have thrown some additional light 
upon the nature of a number of the more common septic and 
suppurative maladies although the evidence is not conclusive 
concerning their relation to any of the epizootic diseases. Atten¬ 
tion has also been called to the variety of species, the wide dis¬ 
tribution, and the parasitic tendencies of streptococci and to the 
use of antistreptococci serums, each of which calls for more 
extended investigations before final opinions can be recorded. 
Erratum. In foot note page 777 , for Bulletin No. 177 read No. 178 . 
