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resembles calf's foot jelly in appearance; it is frequently 

 bloody. When the disease is at its height there are from 

 twenty to fifty stools in the twenty-four hours. At this 

 time dysentery bacilli are very abundant in the stools 

 and the superficial layers of the affected mucous mem- 

 brane. With the return of the fecal stools the bacilli 

 disappear. 



The path of infection in dysentery is the same as it 

 is in typhoid fever, i. e., by means of infected water, 

 milk, or other food contaminated from the stools of 

 dysentery patients. The means of guarding against 

 infection are, therefore, the same as in typhoid fever. 

 All the stools should be carefully disinfected, one of the 

 best disinfectants for this purpose being chlorid of 

 lime. Careful attention should be paid to soiled cloth- 



Fig. 26. Bacillus of dysentery from agar culture. Fuchsin stain 

 (Kolle and Wassermann). 



ing and bedding, and, when rectal irrigations have been 

 employed, the irrigation-tube should be disinfected by 

 boiling. 



