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Table: I examined the throats of the inmates 011 February 26th, 1911, and made cultures from the throats and suspicious nasal cases, with the following results:— The results are put in four headings: — 1st. Klebs Loeffler Bacillus, characteristic in all its morphological features ; the diphtheria bacillus. 2nd. Diphtheroid Bacilli, which are intermediate in their morphological characteristics between the true diphtheria bacillus and the true Hoffman's Bacillus. These bacteria should be regarded with the gravest suspicion, since, as a matter of practical experience, thev may be the infecting organisms in definite diphtheria infection. 3rd. The classical Hoffman's Bacillus. 4th. The other predominating organisms.