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ter is more or less active according to the subjects from which 
the bacteridise are obtained. The animals which I have studied 
may be ranked in the following order : rabbit, guinea pig, sheep, 
ass, horse and dog. In this order are disposed the inflammatory 
lesions of anthrax and those which are developed by subcutaneous 
injections in the refractory animals.”—( Veterinary Journal .) 
Toussaint is not singular in supposing that the vitality of the 
anthrax poison is not due to the bacteria alone. Bollinger points 
out the existence of what he calls bacteria germs, which have also 
been noticed and described by Professor Siedamgrotsky of Dres¬ 
den Veterinary College. He describes the anthrax bacteria as 
fine bodies in the form of rods, either straight or bent at obtuse 
angles and always motionless. Their length varies considerably. 
They are jointed so that their outline is irregular ; each rod ap¬ 
pears made up of segments, every one of these being short and 
. cylindrical and about half as long as it is broad; the end cylinders 
only in each rod look shorter and rounder. In well developed 
rods the junction of these segments is not difficult to make out, 
and it is made more distinct after soaking them in water, as 
recommended by Bollinger. The bacteria germs are so small 
that they cannot be measured ; they are round, very rarely oblong, 
bodies, and have no apparent independent motion. He describes 
them as minute ball-like forms, which swim freely about in the 
fluid; they are not numerous nor very conspicuous, and unless 
very great care is taken they are liable to be obscured by external 
matters introduced by coarse manipulation. Particular amaebor- 
dean cells are not unfrequently met with, on the surface of which 
are observed by close microscopical inspection, very minute and 
somewhat round pointed protuberances. These are best distin¬ 
guished on the surface of the cell, as on the under and upper 
surface it is difficult to satisfy ourselves of their existence. It is 
advanced that bacteria germs preferentially attach themselves to 
the white blood globules. This surmise will be further confirmed 
by the fact that now and again these globules are found to be 
star-shaped and furnished with fine points, the delicateness of 
which distinguishes them at once from the thick protoplasmic 
protuberances; from the appearances of these he says one is 
