CHAPTEE VIII. 



BACILLUS DIPHTHERIA, OR KLEBS-LOEFFLER 

 BACILLUS. 



IN 1883 Klebs discovered the constant presence of a very 

 peculiar appearing organism in the superficial strata or layers 

 of the pseudomembrane removed from the throats of patients 



FIG. 96. 



A. 



Bacillus diphtherias: A, its morphology on glycerin-agar-agar ; B, its morphology 

 on Loeffler's blood-serum; c, its morphology on acid blood-serum mixture. 

 (Abbott.) 



suffering from diphtheria. One year later Loeffler succeeded 

 in isolating and cultivating this same organism, and it has 



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