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brushes, boots, leather, food, etc., were all carefully considered
without any clue being obtained. The patient was admitted to
St. Bartholomew's Hospital on the morning of the 8th March; she
became unconscious about midday and died the same evening.
Post-mortem, pure cultures of the germ of Anthrax were obtained
from the blood of the spleen and examination showed infection of
the brain and spinal cord, with lesions in the stomach and a small
inflammatory patch, which may have been the site of primary
infection, was discovered on the back of the tongue. The skin of
the body was everywhere quite unbroken. The origin of the
infection therefore remains a mystery; but precautions as to disinfection,
etc., were carefully carried out in the infected dwelling, and
although at the time it contained many occupants, no further case
has since occurred.