OTHER IMPORTANT PATHOGENIC MICRO-ORGANISMS 179 



ness or among those who combine these conditions with 

 a tendency to profuse perspiration. 



Oidium Albicans. This is a mold producing in chil- 

 dren the disease of the mouth 

 known as "soor" or "thrush." 



Achorion Schonleinii. This 

 is a mold producing the dis- 

 ease known .as "favus," is an 

 affection of the scalp, which 

 runs an extremely chronic 

 course. 



Trichophyton Tonsurans. 

 This is a mold producing 

 the disease in man known as 

 "ring- worm." 



Poliomyelitis. The infect- 

 ing microorganism of this 



m 



fttfJl 

 m:i\ 



L. ;.&MBL 



Fig. 65. Invasion 



of 



disease has not yet been iso- human hair by trichophy- 

 lated, but is known to exist 

 the nasal secretion and 



ton: A, Points at which the 

 parasitic fungi coming from 

 the epidermis are elevating 

 the cuticle of the hair and 



in * its ^ bstance; 



(Sabouraud). 



in 



blood of infected individuals. 



It must be very small, for it 



passes through the pores of a 



Berkefeld filter. The disease is said to be transmitted 



through the bite of stable flies, but probably mainly 



through infected nasal discharges. 



