CONTENTS. XI 



CHAPTER XV. 



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ANTHRAX - 271-286 



The Bacillus Anthracis Early Observations Pollender 

 Davaine Koch Pasteur Methods of Examination Ap- 

 pearances of Bacillus under Different Conditions Spore 

 Formation Non-spore Bearing Bacilli The Vitality of the 

 Bacillus and of the Spores Cultivation Experiments Cover- 

 glass Preparations Inoculations into Animals Methods of 

 Infection Anatomical Characters of Malignant Pustule 

 Animals Affected Spores not formed in the Living Body 

 The Disposal of Anthrax Carcases Various Disinfectants- 

 Pathogenic and Saprophytic Anthrax Buchner's Experi- 

 ments on Anthrax Bacillus and Bacillus Subtilis Hueppe 

 and Wood's Experiments. 



CHAPTER XVI. 



TETANUS - 286-296 



Tetanus a Specific Infective Disease A Wound Fever Organism 

 found by Nicolaier in the Soil taken from Streets and Fields 

 Experiments on Animals Symptoms of Disease Pure 

 Cultivations Obtained Description of Organisms Charac- 

 teristic Shape Spore Formation Organism Anaerobic 

 Cultivations Kitasato's Method of Cultivating the Organism 

 The Bacillus found only at the Seat of Inoculation Wide 

 Distribution of Spores Bossano's Examination of Earth 

 Vaillard and Vincent's Observations Tetanus Bacillus a 

 Facultative Saprophyte Conditions under which Tetanus 

 is Contracted Poisoned Arrows. 



CHAPTER XVII. 



DIPHTHERIA 297-313 



Diphtheria an Infective Disease The Organism found in the False 

 Membrane in its Deeper Parts Method of Staining the 

 Bacillus Characters of the Bacillus Involution Forms 

 Cultivation Methods Appearance of Colonies Nutrient 

 Media Results of Inoculation Experiments Klein's Bacilli 

 differ somewhat from Loffler's - - Streptococci found in 

 Diphtheria Poison Extreme Virulence Resemblance to 

 snake-bite poison Toxicity Predisposing Conditions 

 Conditions fatal to the Bacillus Roux and Yersin's Observa- 

 tions Fraenkel's Observations Attenuated Diphtheria Virus 

 Increase of Virulence. 



