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Bacteria of tbc Sputa anb Crvptogamic 

 Iflora of tbe flDoutb. 



By Filandro Vicentini, M.D., Chieti, Italy. 



SECOND MEMOIR. 

 Translated by Professor E. Saieghi. 



IRecent Bacrerlolocjlcal IResearcbes on tbe Sputa ; 

 tbe /IIborpbo(og>? an& Biology Q)X tbe /IDtctobes 

 <^t tbe /Iboutb* 



Further Remarks on the Bacteria and Bacilli found 



IN the Sputa, 



and their relation to the " Leptothrix buccalis ;^' the result of 

 original observations on the morphology and biology of this 

 parasite, principally on its higher phases, now for the first 

 time examined and described. 



( Conthiuation of the Memoir on the Sputa of Whooping- Cough, Vol. XL! 11.^ 

 of the " Atti Accademicia," Medico- Chirurgica di Napoli. ) 



" The manner of reproduction and the reproductive bodies of the Leptothrix 

 are not known ; but, perhaps, more accurate research will discover them : 

 this hypothesis being based on the fact that, in the interior of filaments 

 magnified to 800 diameters, small, round bodies are seen which might be 

 spores." — Robin. 



Summary : 



§ I. — Further remarks on bacteria and bacilli found in the sputa 

 and contents of the mouth — A resume of the preceding 

 work — Some forms of bacteria not therein described — Other 

 forms of bacilli, ut supra. 



§ 2. — Summary of the present investigations and methods of tech- 

 nique — Collecting and preparing the sputa and the buccal 

 contents. 



§ 3. — Previous opinions on the micro-organisms of the buccal 

 cavity, according to Miller— History and general facts — 

 Leptothrix buccalis (Leptothrix ifinominata, M.) — Other 

 buccal micro-organisms — Buccal pathogenic fungi. 



