═════════════════╤═════════════════╤═════════════════╤═════════════════ AUTOPSY │ CULTURE FROM │ CULTURE FROM │ CULTURE FROM │ BLOOD │ LUNGS │ BRONCHUS ─────────────────┼─────────────────┼─────────────────┼───────────────── 258 │S. hem. │S. hem., Pneum. │ │ │ IV B. inf. │ 282 │S. hem., Pneum. │S. hem., Pneum. │S. hem., B. inf. │ II │ II │ Pneum. II, │ │ │ staph. 345 │ │S. hem., Pneum. │ │ │ II, staph. │ 378 │Pneum. atyp. II │S. hem., Pneum. │S. hem., B. inf., │ │ atyp. II │ Pneum. atyp. II 381 │S. hem. │S. hem., Pneum. │ │ │ II Pneum. IV, │ │ │ staph. │ 383 │Pneum. III │S. hem., Pneum. │ │ │ III B. inf. │ 387 │S. hem. │Pneum. II, │S. hem., pneum., │ │ staph., B. inf.│ staph., B. inf. ─────────────────┴─────────────────┴─────────────────┴───────────────── These autopsies, notably those in which pneumococci have been found in the blood, suggest that infection with pneumococci has preceded suppurative pneumonia caused by hemolytic streptococci. In a small number of instances the sputum was examined in life after onset of pneumonia. TABLE XLVII ═══════╤═══════════════════════════════╤═══════════════════════════════ AUTOPSY│ SPUTUM │CULTURES FROM BLOOD, LUNGS AND │ │ BRONCHUS ───────┼───────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────── 282 │Pneum. IV. B. inf. │S. hem., Pneum. II, staph., B. │ │ inf. 288 │S. hem., B. inf. │S. hem., B. inf. 376 │(No S. hem., Oct. 8) │S. hem., staph., B. inf. (Oct. │ │ 11) ───────┴───────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────── In 2 of these 3 cases infection with hemolytic streptococcus occurred subsequent to the onset of pneumonia.