12 Synopsis of the Bacteria and Yeast Fungi. 



into the connective tissue, the kidneys, and the muscular tissue; and 

 at last reaches even the blood-vessels, where it produces the greatest 

 destruction. The fungi stop up the capillaries and thereby rupture them. 

 Even the thinner bones and cartilage are destroyed by the diphtheritic 

 processes. The consequences of the introduction of these fungi are 

 therefore enormous. 



14. M. septicus (Klebs), Cohn (I.e., p. 164). 



Microsporon septicum, Klebs. 



Cells roundish, '5 ft. in diameter ; united in chains or 

 heaps, or forming a zooglcea. 



On wounds, especially in all the affections which are 

 named pyaemia and septicaemia. 



In the various suppurations and putrefactions of the body, in 

 decomposition and poisoning of the blood, the Micrococci play an 

 important part. Whether all the manifold phenomena are caused by 

 M. septicus, or several species are not rather concerned in their pro- 

 duction, is questionable. In wounds, even in the secretion from the 

 fresh surfaces, we find Micrococci, which quickly multiply, produce 

 inflammation and fever, and penetrate deeper and deeper, destroying the 

 tissues in their course. If then they reach the blood-vessels, there arise 

 stoppages and suppurations ; the same phenomena are observed in the 

 lungs and the liver. 



15. M. bombycis (Bechamp), Cohn (I.e., p. 165). 



Microzyma bombycis, Bechamp. 



Cells oval, '5 /JL in diameter ; 



o single or in chains. (Fig. 5.) 



In the gastric juice and in- 

 testines of silkworms, in which 

 they produce the so-called 

 o "schlaffsucht" (in French "la 

 flacherie," one of the silkworm 

 diseases), a contagious affec- 

 from tion, of which the animals die 

 wonn in a short time. 



