6; 



while, may remain in this embryonic state for an in- 

 definite number of years, unaffected by extremes of 

 temperature, by many chemical agents, even absolute al- 

 cohol. The mysterious and inexplicable sporadic ap- 

 pearance of the disease is at once explained. These 

 spores may be transported in the hide, the wool, and the 

 flesh of the animal, either of which may, therefore, cause 



Fig. 9. Kidney of rabbit ; anthrax bacilli in the inter-tubular capillaries, x 700. 

 (Copied, by special permission, from a photogram by Dr. Koch.) 



an outbreak of the disease in a distant part of the world, 

 and after the lapse of years. It is reported that anthrax 

 once appeared among the workmen in an upholsterer's 

 shop, limited to those who were engaged in repairing 

 certain chairs, imported from a distance, which were 

 stuffed with horse-hair. Some time ago a whole family 

 ki Scotland acquired the disease after eating soup made 



