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diseased animals, and thorough disinfection 

 of the discharges and soiled dressings of 

 infected individuals. 



Gonorrhoea. 



(a) Cause: Micrococcus gonorrhcecE- (Neisser); non- 



sporogenous. 



(b) Localized : Urethra (gonorrhoea, specific urethri- 



tis, clap); eye (gonorrhoeal ophthalmia, 

 ophthalmia neonatorum); vagina; blood; 

 joints; etc. 



(c) Entry: Urethra, eye, vagina, occasionally 



wounds. I 



(d) Exit: In suppurations from diseased tissues or 



organs. L. 



(e) Contracted: In urethra and vagina from irregu- 



lar intercourse; in eyes of adults from pol- 

 luted fingers or towels, etc.; in new-born 

 during birth ; in female children the vagina 

 ■is infected through soiled sponges, wash- 

 cloths, etc. 



(f) Disinfection: Micro-organism has slight resist- 



ance; boiling kills it at once. Ordinary 

 disinfectants effective in the percentages 

 in which used for vegetative forms of other 

 bacteria. 



(g) Prophylaxis: Males with acute or chronic gon- 



orrhoea (gleet) should not marry until 



