Excerpt from The Journal of Laryngology, Rhinology and Otology, 1910, Vol. 25: An Analytical Record of Current Literature Relating to the Throat, Nose, and Ear Meanwhile, however, former cultures were being tested for virulence by Professor Hewlett, and one culture (made April 4) was reported to be practically non-virulent, and a second culture which gave ordinary barred and beaded diphtheritic organisms was purified by subculturing, and Prof. Hewlett reported that the result of inoculation is that '5 of a forty eight-hour broth culture killed a 300 grm. Guinea-pig within f'orty eight hours, so that the organism is at least of fair average virulence. By this time the patient had motored back again and for the greater part of the time had been getting about. She was free from organisms in throat or nose (two separate cultures) by May 27. 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.