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CHAPTER XL 

 GLANDERS AND RHINOSCLEROMA. 



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Glanders : The natural disease The glanders bacillus Cultiva- 

 tion of glanders bacillus Powers of resistance Experimental 

 inoculation Action on the tissues Mode of spread Mallein 

 and its preparation Methods of examination. Rhinoscleroma 275 



CHAPTER XII. 



ACTINOMYCOSIS AND ALLIED DISEASES. 



Characters of the actinomyces Tissue lesions Distribution of 

 lesions Cultivation of actinomyces Varieties of actinomyces 

 and allied forms Experimental inoculation Methods of 

 examination and diagnosis Madura disease . . .286 



CHAPTER XIII. 

 ANTHRAX. 



Historical summary Bacillus anthracis Appearances of cultures 

 Biology Sporulation Natural anthrax in animals Ex- 

 perimental anthrax Anthrax in man Pathology Toxins of 

 the bacillus anthracis Mode of spread in nature Immunisa- 

 tion of animals against anthrax Methods of examination . 300 



CHAPTER XIV. 



TYPHOID FEVER BACILLI ALLIED TO THE TYPHOID 

 BACILLUS. 



Bacillus typhosus Morphological characters Characters of cul- 

 tures Bacillus coli communis Reactions of b. typhosus and 

 b. coli Pathological changes in typhoid fever Suppuration 

 in typhoid fever Pathogenic effects produced in animals 

 The toxic products of typhoid bacillus Immunisation of 

 animals Relations of bacilli to the disease Paratyphoid 

 bacillus Bacillus enteritidis (Gaertner) Psittacosis bacillus 

 Serum diagnosis Vaccination against typhoid 'Methods of 

 examination Bacteria in dysentery Bacillus enteritidis 

 sporogenes Summer diarrhoea . . .319 



