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have been found in the blood of patients suffering from 

 malarial fever, and by Ziehl in one individual who had 

 no symptoms nor history of intermittent fever, but was 

 suffering from diabetes. In three of Ziehl' s four cases, 

 the bacilli disappeared from the blood after the adminis- 

 tration of quinine for several days. 



Bacteria of various kinds have been seen in syphilitic 



Fig. ii. Kidney, typhoid fever ; masses of bacilli in intertubular capillaries, 

 x loo. (Koch.) 



tissues, post-mortem, by different observers. Quite re- 

 cently Birch-Hirschfeld announced the discovery of 

 micrococci in twelve gummata, post-mortem ; in three 

 condylomata, one 'chancre, and one cutaneous papule 

 excised during life. Morison, using aniline staining and 

 Abbe illuminator, found bacilli in chancres and other 

 syphilitic tissues the same variety being present in all. 



