Excerpt from Dominion Medical Monthly and Ontario Medical Journal, Vol. 50: January, 1918 In the beginning of our work we gave all the organisms an equal trial, and found that the best results were to be obtained from the use of bouillon cultures, provided the culture was rea sonably fresh. As a practical measure however, we soon learned that the use of cultures was out of the question, on account of the. Difficulty of always having a fresh culture on hand. In contra distinction to this drawback in the use of cultures. We found that the organisms compressed in ta, blet form with lactose were reason ably active and potent over periods of manv weeks, provided the simple precaution of keeping the tablets 011 ice was observed. To satisfy ourselves that this was the case, we had several of the tablets from one laboratory cultivated and obtained living organ isms. Without going into unnecessary detail regarding the various methods of application that we have employed in the development of our work, we shall. At. Present. Merely describe the technic we employ, and then summarize the results obtained in the various types of cases treated. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.