198 INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES. 



intimate contact seems essential. Atten- 

 dants need have no fear of contracting the 

 disease, if reasonable precautions are 

 taken. 



(f) Disinfection : Not known, since germ has never 



been cultivated outside the body; prob- 

 ably same as for tuberculosis. 



(g) Prophylaxis: Cleanliness; disinfection of dis- 



charges from suppurations and soiled 

 linens, etc. ; segregation of lepers. 



Madura Foot (mycetoma, Madura disease, pied de 

 Madura). 



(a) Cause: Streptothrix madurae, forms spores (?). 



(b) Localization: Usually feet, but may affect other 



portions of body. 



(c) Entry: Through wounds in skin. 



(d) Exit: In discharges from broken-down nodules. 



(e) Contracted: In countries where the disease is 



common, is attributed to prick of a thorn; 

 is probably not communicated from man 

 to man. 



(f) Disinfection: Should be same as for anthrax 



and tetanus. 



Malarial Fever (ague, intermittent fever). 



(a) Cause: H cematozoa malaricB (sporozo^). 



(b) Localized : In blood and tissues. 



(c) Entry: Only through bites of mosquitoes. 



