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stained by the methods usually employed in spore- 

 ■'taining. 



Pathogenesis. When susceptible animals, especially 

 iruinea-pigs, are inoculated in the deeper subcutaneous 

 lellular tissues with pure cultures of this organism, or 

 w ith bits of tissue from the affected area of another 

 animal dead of the disease, death ensues in from one to 

 two days. It is preceded by rise of temperature, loss 

 of appetite, and general indisposition. The seat of 

 inoculation is swollen and painful, and drops of bloody 

 serum may sometimes be seen exuding from it. At 

 autopsy the subcutaneous cellular tissues and under- 

 lying muscles present a condition of emphysema and 

 extreme oedema. The oedematous fluid is often blood- 

 stained and the muscles are of a blackish or blackish- 

 brown color. The lymphatic glands are markedly 

 hypersemic. The internal viscera present but little 

 alteration visible to the naked eye. In the blood- 

 stained serous fluid about the point of inoculation short 

 bacilli are present in large numbers. These often pre- 

 sent slight swellings at the middle or near the end. 

 They are not seen as threads, but lie singly in the 

 tissues. Occasionally two will be seen joined end to 

 end. If the autopsy be made immediately after death, 

 these organisms may not be detected in the internal 

 organs; but if not made until after a few hours, they 

 will be found there also. In fresh autopsies only veg- 

 etativ^e forms of the organism may be found, but later 

 (in from twenty to twenty-four hours) spore-bearing rods 

 may be detected. (How does this compare with bacillus 

 anthracis f) By successive inoculations of susceptible 

 animals with the serous fluid from the seat of inoculation 

 of the dead animal the disease may be reproduced. 



