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hsis. The lancet-shaj^ed diplooocci with the capsule 

 are the micrococcus lanceolatus. 



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Tuberculous sputum stained by Gabbett's method. Tul)ercle bacilli seen as 

 red rods ; all else is stained blue. 



The cocci grouped in fours are the micrococeas tetra- 

 genus. 



IxocuLATiox Experiment. — Inoculate into the 

 subcutaneous tissues of a guinea-pig one of the small 

 Avhite caseous masses similar to that which has been 

 examined microscopically. If death ensues, it will be 

 the result of one of the three following forms of infec- 

 tion: 



a. Septicsemia^ resulting from the introduction into 

 the tissues of an organism frequently present in the 

 sputum. It exists under the various names: micro- 

 coccus of sputum septicaemia; diplococcus pneumoniae; 

 pneumococcus of Frankel; meningococcus; strepto- 

 coccus lanceolatus Pasteuri; micrococcus lanceolatus; 

 micrococcus Pasteuri; coccus lanceolatus; bacillus sali- 



1 Septicaemia is that form of infection in which the blood is the chief field 

 of activity of the organisms. 



