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can be discharged. In this way it has been found
possible to discharge patients earlier than would
otherwise have been the case.
I have received specimens from the throat forwarded
by Medical men, and on some occasions have
at once on examination found the bacillus present, the
examination takes but a short time, in other cases it
has been found necessary to place the specimen under
cultivation before being able to decide, which takes
about 24 hours.
I have prepared sterilized swabs in test tubes
enclosed in wooden boxes and envelopes so as to be
forwarded by post; these can be had at the hospital or
the offices in Dyne Road.
The preparation of the material for cultivating
the growth of the microbes in the Incubator is a very
important point and requires the greatest care and
nicety. I was fortunate in obtaining an introduction
to Drs. Dean and Salter, of the branch of the Institute
of Preventive Medicine, where the Antitoxin Serum
and the many various media necessary for use in the
cultivation of the different Bacilli are prepared. I
have received much valuable information from them
which has been of great help to me in studying the
processes necessary for the due microsocopical examination
of the various microbes to be met with; they