MICRO-ORGANISMS IN VARIOUS DISEASES. 185 



ish bodies that have the appearance of fine grains of 

 sulphur; seen best if a small quantity of the pus is 

 pressed between two slides or watch crystals. 



Anthrax (Wool-sorter's Disease, malignant pus- 

 tule, splenic fever) ; disease of man and domestic ani- 

 mals, especially sheep and cattle. 



(a) Cause: Bacillus anthracis; forms spores. 



(b) Localization: Subcutaneous tissues (malignant 



pustule) ; lungs (wool-sorter's disease) ; in- 

 testinal tract; all of these lead to bacter- 

 iaemia (bacteria in blood) in vast majority 

 of cases. 



(c) Entry: Through wounds or abrasions; through 



mouth, eating meat or drinking milk of 

 infected animals ; through respiratory tract 

 (inhaled in dust — wool-sorter's disease). 



(d) Exit: Expectoration in pulmonic form; pus 



from abscess in local form; discharges 

 from bowels in intestinal form. 



(e) Contracted: By inhalation in sorting wool of 



infected animals; by abrasion or wound 

 in handling flesh or hides of infected ani- 

 mals; by eating flesh or drinking milk 

 of diseased animals; by the soiling of 

 wounds or food-stuft's by infected flies. 



(f) Disinfection and Prophylaxis: Forms spores, 



therefore unusual precautions are to be 

 used. Burn cadavers, and contaminated 



