SUPPl'H. \IION, PY/KMIA, SEFHCEMIA, ERYSIPELAS. 177 





FIG. 84. Pus WITH STAPHYLO- 

 cocci, x 800 (FLUGGE). 



an orange-yellow sediment, On potatoes and blood serum a similar 

 orange-yellow culture grows luxuriantly. They may also form 

 colourless growths in sub-cultures, and are then indistinguishable 

 from Staphylococcus pyogeiies albus. The cocci do not cause any 

 septic odour in pus. nor doe> any i:a> develop. Albumin is con- 

 verted I iy their action into peptoii' 

 They produce rapid anmioniacal fer- 

 mentation in urine (Shattock). 



The micro-orirani>iii> injected into 

 the pleura or knee of a rabbit produce, 

 as a rule, a fatal result on the following 

 day ; but if it survives longer, it eventu- 

 ally dies of severe phlegmon. If injected 

 into the knee of a dog, suppuration 

 occurs, followed by disintegration of the 

 joint. Injected into the peritoneal 

 cavity of animals, they set up perito- 

 nitis, and introduced into the jugular 



vein they produce septicaemia and death. When a small quantity of 

 a cultivation is introduced into the jugular vein after previous fracture 

 or contusion of the bones of the leg, the animal dies in about ten days, 

 and abscesses are found in and around the bones, and in some cases in 



the lungs and kidneys, 

 and the cocci are found 

 in the blood and pu>. 



Garre caused sup- 

 puration by inoculating 

 a pure-culture in a 

 wound near his finger 

 nail. Bockhart suffered 

 from several pustule- 



"ft,.,- v, !.,!,* In- 



arm wit ha pure-culture 

 suspended in >alt solu- 

 tion, and Burnm gave 

 hiiiiM-lf a hypodermic 

 injection of a pure- 

 culture and produced 

 an absoeae. Thi> micro- 

 orpuiiMM is practically iibiMiitou>. It has hren cultivated from 

 the >kin and mucous membrane.- and secretions of healthy per>on>. 

 and it occurs in the air. in soil, in du>t. and in water, and in 



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!( - ran kX IN.IKCTION >K S-iAi'HVi.'x-occi, x 

 '.I.~H i P,AIM<;AKTKN). 



