n] DISTRIBUTION OF COMMA-BACILLI. 27 



for the other bacteria present. In addition to this a com- 

 parison of the different cases which came under my observa- 

 tion showed this significant fact, that in many instances in 

 which the post-mortem examination was delayed, the number 



FIG. 4. FROM A PREPARATION OF FRESH MUCUS-FLAKES FROM THE LOWER 

 PART OF THE ILEUM OF A TYPICAL RAPIDLY FATAL CASE OF CHOLERA. 

 (Duration of illness nine hours and a half, post-mortem examination after 

 one hour.) 



The forms here delineated are met with in the same mucus-flakes. 



a. Masses of minute comma-bacilli. 



b. Masses of typical choleraic comma-bacilli. 



c. Minute circular and semicircular comma-bacilli. 



d. Large thick comma-bacilli. 



e. Masses of the minute straight bacilli. 

 /. Micrococcus and thick straight bacilli. 



Magnifying power about 700. 



of comma-bacilli and other bacteria was likely to be greater 

 than when the examination was made immediately or almost 

 immediately after death. 



