PLATE XVI. 



Bacillus anthracis. 



Bacteridie du charbon. 



Bacillus of splenic fever, woolsoi ters disease, or 

 malignant pustule. 



FIG. i. 



From a section of the mucous membrane of the 

 stomach of a mouse. The glandular capillaries 

 are mapped out by the bacilli. Stained by the 

 method of Gram (gentian violet), and eosin. 

 x 500. 



FIG. 2. 



From a section of a kidney of a mouse. Under a low 

 power the preparation has exactly the appearance 

 of an injected specimen. Under higher amplifica- 

 tion, the bacilli are seen to have threaded their 

 way along the capillaries between the tubules, 

 and to have collected in masses in the glomeruli. 

 Stained with Gram's method (gentian violet), and 

 eosin. x 500. 



