28 THE BACTERIA IN ASIATIC CHOLERA. [CH. 



In the following (copied from the Report on Cholera by 

 the English Cholera Commission : An Enquiry into the 

 Etiology of Asiatic Cholera] is given a tabular statement of 

 the occurrence of bacteria in the mucus-flakes taken from 

 the lower part of the ileum of typical rapidly fatal cases, the 

 ileum being slightly reddened and filled with clear fluid in 

 which were numerous typical flakes. The numbers attached 

 to the cases indicate the number in the total series of cholera 

 cases examined in Bombay and Calcutta. 



1. Case 2. Death after 40 hours. Post-mortem made 

 after four hours. Comma-bacilli abundant, small and large 

 straight bacilli. 



2. Case ii. Death after 18 hours. P.m. after half an 

 hour. Comma-bacilli tolerably numerous ; they vary in 

 length, and particularly in thickness. Large straight bacilli 

 exceedingly numerous ; minute straight bacilli. 



3. Case 14. Death after 12 hours. P.m. after half an 

 hour. Comma-bacilli very scarce. Few other bacteria. 



4. Case 1 6. Death after 18 hours. P.m. after three- 

 quarters of an hour. Very few comma-bacilli. Exceedingly 

 numerous small straight bacilli, singly and in clumps. 

 Other kinds of bacteria. 



5. Case 23. Death after 20 hours. P.m. after one and a 

 half hours. Various species of bacteria ; micrococcus, bac- 

 terium termo. Very few comma-bacilli ; they are distinctly 

 thinner than those of other cases. Minute straight bacilli 

 in clumps. 



6. Case 32. Death after 27 hours. P.m. after two hours. 

 All kinds of straight bacilli in great numbers. The small 

 straight bacilli numerous. Comma-bacilli tolerably numerous ; 

 they are of different lengths and thicknesses. 



7. Case 35. Death after 13 hours. P.m. after a quarter 

 of an hour. Comma-bacilli tolerably numerous ; large 



