BACILLUS ANTHRACIS 31 



In the spleen, which is always greatly enlarged 

 in this disease, the bacilli are found in very great 

 numbers (Fig. 22). 



In the kidney the distribution of the bacillus is 

 very characteristic, and is especially marked in the 

 glomeruli and in their afferent vessels. These latter 

 are often blocked with masses of bacilli, and the 

 section (Fig. 23) shows the appearance of the 

 glomerulus with its vessels filled with the micro- 

 organisms. 



Similarly the section of the liver shows prac- 

 tically no histological change, but the bacilli are 

 seen passing in lines between the columns of liver 

 cells (Fig. 24). 



