io8 The Story of the Bacteria 

 Dysentery 



There is another bacillus at least first 

 cousin to the typhoid germ to which is at- 

 tributable certain forms of bowel trouble all 

 the world over, and called the Bacillus 

 dysenterice. There are several types of these 

 small pests. They are transmitted, as are 

 their typhoid relatives, from the discharges 

 of patients mostly through water, milk, and 

 direct contact, or by flies. Like typhoid 

 fever, the infectious forms of dysentery are 

 filth diseases and need not occur with proper 

 attention to sanitation. 



