PLATE VIII. 



Bacillus Anthracis. 



FIG. 1. Anthrax bacillis in spleen-pulp of rabbit, just dead 

 from an experimental inoculation made two days previously. The 

 spherical bodies are splenic corpuscles. Stained with Bismark 

 brown. X 250 diameters. 



FIG. 2. Anthrax bacillis in liver of the same rabbit ; same 

 staining and amplification. 



FIG. 3. Spore-bearing filament of B. anthracis, from culture in 

 chicken bouillon. Scattered spores, and fragments of filaments 

 which had broken up without producing spores, are also seen. 

 X 500 diameters. Methyl-violet staining. 



FIG. 4. B. anthracis in culture-solution (beef-peptone) in- 

 oculated twelve hours previously with material shown in Fig. 1 

 (spleen-pulp containing rods). X 250 diameters. Bismark brown 

 staining. 



FIG. 5. B. anthracis in glomerulus of kidney of same rabbit as 

 furnished material for Figs. 1 and 2. X 250 diameters. Bismark 

 brown staining. 



