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...Peter K. Olitsky, of the Institute staff. A new microorganism, bacterium pneumosintes, has been isolated from the noses and throats of several patients with influenza, has been independently cultivated, and has produced influenza-like symptoms when injected into rabbits. Numerous other varieties of bacteria, such as Pfeiffer's bacillus, are usually present in these puzzling respiratory diseases, and it is not clear that the new organism is the invariable causal agent of influenza, though it is believed that it produces conditions in the lung tissues which facilitate the onset of pneumonia and other complications. No specific vaccine, or serum...
...bacillus has also found its way into this conservative magazine. Mr. Nathan's one-act play, "Atoms," takes up a question that we have perhaps heard enough of lately from the dramatists. It is a relief to find Mr. Nathan's treatment of the subject sincere and vigorous...
Louis Nelson '00 gave an instance of noble bravery in his death, which occurred on April 14. In the course of some medical investigations of the "gas" bacillus he became inoculated, about two months ago. Though attended by the best physicians, he grew worse steadily and died a martyr to the cause of experimental medicine...
...became instructor in pharmacology at the Medical School and wrote several papers in English and German on bacteriological subjects. In entering on his research and experimentation regarding the "gas" bacillus he knew he was risking his life. But he cheerfully undertook this work for the benefit of humanity, and even after inoculation, enthusiastically studied the progress of the disease in his own body, thus adorning the history of medicine with one more instance of unselfish bravery...
...PATHOLOGICAL COLLOQUIUM. "The Blood Picture in Horse Serum Anaphylaxis in the Guinea-pig." Dr. Myrtelle M. Canavan. "The Place of the Wassermann Reaction in Neurology and psychiatry." Dr. Emma M. Mooers. "The Cultural Peculiarities of the Bacillus of Acne." Dr. T. H. Hartwell. "The Students' Attitude to the Harvard Medical Curriculum." Mr. C. T. Ryder. Lecture Room, Building D. Medical School, Longwood avenue, Boston, 4 P. M. Open to members of the University and to physicians...