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TRANSLATIONS FROM FOREIGN JOURNALS. 
The bronchial and pulmonary cavities are nearly filled with a 
magma, which at first sight, seems to be formed by epithelial 
cells and nuclei. However, this same muscular proliferation 
exists in the hyperthoplned or oedematous zones of the connec¬ 
tive tissue. But with a little care, and especially if one uses the 
iodochlorure of zinc as a reactive, one soon sees that in these 
magmas are found detritus, undoubtedly coming from the exterior, 
such as particles of straw, hay and starch granules, &c. This first 
kind of accumulation indicates only a high degree of prostration 
or depression of the nervous system, which suppresses the reflexes 
of expulsion. But along with these vegetable remains, one finds 
threads belonging to a cryptogamic production, which are living, 
and continue to manifest their vitality after the death of the ani¬ 
mal. The mycelium of this vegetable parasite seems to extend 
quite through the pulmonary tissue in all directions, and embrac¬ 
ing it in all its threads and meshes, a condition which renders its 
isolation difficult. But upon the edges of a section it is seen 
spreading here and there, either broken or perfect, almost always 
by keeping the section under a glass cover, or even simply be 
tween two glass plates, in an aqueous mixture, one may see after 
a variable' period of time, that the threads of the mycelium 
lengthen, multiply and form a free, or rather well-defined mesh. 
The development takes place even when the tissue has been pre¬ 
served for'some time in glycerine, or in a mixture of water and 
chloroform. Still it is better and more distinctly observed with 
fresh pulmonary tissue. The best medium of culture is sugared 
water, as it furnishes the food of the vegetable parasite. The fila¬ 
ments of the mycelium are flattened, ramified, not separated, and 
have some irregularly disseminated vacuoles. The largest are 
from 0.0067 mm. to O.m 0.0084, the medium [sized, 0.0049mm. 
and the smallest'or finest, 0.0036mm. 
In an examination [made immediately, the fruits easily escape 
the observation, because from their form, dimensions and general 
aspect they much resemble cells of the animal, which contribute 
to complete the vesicles. But if one places fresh tissue under a 
glass kept at a temperature of animal heat, there may be per¬ 
ceived, after two or three days, a well-marked odor of moisture. 
