PUBLIC HEALTH III. Experimental abortion in a cow produced by inoculation with a ORGANIZATION OF HYGIENIC LABORATORY HUGH S. CUMMING, Surgeon General ADVISORY BOARD Col. J. F. Siler, Medical Corps, United States Army; Lieut. Com. Joseph R. Phelps, United States Navy; Dr. John R. Mohler, Chief United States Bureau of Animal Industry; and Surg. George W. McCoy, United States Public Health Service, ex officio. Prof. William H. Welch, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore; Prof. Simon Flexner, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, New York; Prof. Victor C. Vaughan, American Medical Association, Chicago; Prof. Reid Hunt, Harvard University, Boston; Prof. M. P. Ravenel, University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo. LABORATORY CORPS Director.-Surg. George W. McCoy. Assistant director.-Surg. R. E. Dyer. Executive assistant.-E. K. Foltz. Pharmacists.-W. H. Keen, Ph. G.; John H. Hayes, P. D. Artist.-Leonard H. Wilder. Librarian.-Carrie Myers. DIVISION OF PATHOLOGY AND BACTERIOLOGY In charge of division.-Surg. George W. McCoy. Chief, section of nutritional diseases.-Surg. Joseph Goldberger. Chief, section of infectious diseases.-Surg. J. P. Leake. Chief, section of pathology.-Surg. G. C. Lake. Assistants. Surgs. Edward Francis, Norman Roberts, R. R. Spencer, R. E. Dyer, W. T. Harrison, Charles Armstrong, Passed Asst. Surg. R. D. Lillie. Pathologist.-William Charles White, M. D. Associate bacteriologists.-Ida A. Bengtson, Ph. D., Alice C. Evans, M. S., Ella M. A. Enlows, Ph. D. Assistant bacteriologist.-Conrad Kinyoun, A. B. Junior pharmacologist.-Thomas F. Probey, B. S. DIVISION OF ZOOLOGY Chief of division.-Ch. Wardell Stiles, Ph. D. Laboratory aids.-Gordon Thomson, A. B., Alma J. Speer, A. B., Mabelle B. Orleman, A. B., Clara E. Graves, A. B.. DIVISION OF PHARMACOLOGY Chief of division.-Carl Voegtlin, Ph. D. Pharmacologists.-A. G. DuMez, Ph. D., M. I. Smith, M. D. Junior pharmacologist.-Helen A. Dyer, A. B. Chemist. James M. Johnson, Ph. D. Assistant chemist.-John W. Thompson, M. S. DIVISION OF CHEMISTRY Chief of divison.-William Mansfield Clark, Ph. D. Senior chemist.-Harry D. Gibbs, Ph. D. Chemists.-Atherton Seidell, Ph. D., Elias Elvove, Phar. D., Ph. D., Barnett Cohen, Ph. D. Assistant chemists.-Charles G. Remsburg, M. S., Alice T. Merrill, Ph. D. Biochemist.-M. X. Sullivan, Ph. D. SPECIAL DETAIL Special experts.-Julius Stieglitz, Ph. D., Russell L. Cecil, M. D., John N. Force, Gr. P. H., M. D., Frederick P. Gay, M. D. Consulting dermatologist.-Henry H. Hazen, M. D. Consulting pathologist.-Ludvig Hektoen, M. D. Assistant bacteriologist.—Dorothy Rhoades, B. S. PREFACE Four of the papers included in this study have appeared in preliminary form in Public Health Reports during 1923 or 1924. After publication of the preliminary reports a few human cases of Malta fever have been recognized in sections of this country where Malta fever has been a rare or unknown disease. The organisms isolated from the blood were sent to the Hygienic Laboratory and were identified serologically by the writer. A number of strains of Brucella melitensis have also been received from Mediterranean countries and a study of these has contributed to the general survey of the geographical distribution of the various serologic groups. The recent literature on Malta fever has increased our knowledge of the problems here considered, and the reviews have been brought up to date. WASHINGTON, D. C., May 18, 1925. (VII) |