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GEORGE FLEMING. 
ACTINOMYKOSIS: A NEW INFECTIOUS DISEASE OF ANIMALS 
AND MANKIND.* 
By George Fleming, F.R.C.V.S., Army Veterinary Inspector. 
(Continued fromp. 62.) 
ACTINOMYKOSIS IN MAN. 
In mankind, so far as I am aware, only sixteen cases of the 
disease have as yet been recorded, Dr. Ponfick having observed 
no fewer than five. All the cases published hitherto have oc¬ 
curred, I believe, in Germany. They are tabulated as follows by 
Johne : 
No 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
S 
9 
i(n 
n 
12 ' 
13 J 
14 
15 
16 
Observer. Diagnosis. 
Israel .Chronic Pyaemia. Death, a 
Do.Inflammatory Tumefaction of the alveolar processes of lower 
jaw, with deep-seated Abscess. Recovery, b 
Do.Subperiosteal Abscess at the margin of the lower jaw, coinci¬ 
dent with Caries of the third molar. Recovery, c 
Do.Chronic Pyaemia. Death, d 
Ponfick .Pras vertebral Abscess, with Caries of the vertebrae. Death, e 
Do.A similar case, and fatal termination. / 
Do.Abscess after extraction of an upper molar tooth, immobility 
of the jaw through cicatrization, Fistulas in the temporal 
muscle and upper part of the neck. Death, g 
Do.Praevertebral Abscess, opening into the jugular vein, Metas¬ 
tatic Tumor in the heart, Actinomykotic Periand Myo¬ 
carditis. Death, h 
Do.Ulceration of the jaw and Abscess. Partial resection. Re¬ 
covery. i 
Actinomykosis Tumefactions, with deep-seated Abscess. 
Rosenbach.. RecoveryJ . 
Kracke.Particulars not known. 
Esmarch.Particulars not known. 
Weigert.Peripleuritis. 
’From the Veterinary Journal. 
a Virchow’s Archiv, Bd. 74, s. 15. b Ibid , Bd. 74, s. 37. c Ibid, Bd. 74, s. 
41. d Ibid , Bd. 78, s. 421. e Breslauer arztlicher Zeitschrift, 1879, s. 116. 
/ Ibid, 1879, s. 117. g Ibid , 1880, s. 151. h Ibid, 1880, s, 151. i Mittlieil. v. 
d. Naturf.-Vers. zu Danzig. Berlin Klinik Wochenschrift, 1880. s. 42. j Cen- 
tralblatt fur Chirurgie, 1880, s. 225. 
