CONTENTS. xiii 



Bacilli in tuberculous discharges Experimental inoculation Varieties 

 of tuberculosis Other acid-fast bacilli Action of dead tubercle bacilli 



Sources of human tuberculosis Koch's tuberculin Toxins of the 

 tubercle bacillus Koch's new tuberculin Immunisation against tubercle 



Methods of examination . . . . 236 



CHAPTER XL 

 LEPROSY. 



Pathological changes Bacillus of leprosy Distribution in lesions Rela- 

 tions to disease Methods of diagnosis 267 



CHAPTER XII. 

 GLANDERS AND RHINOSCLEROMA. 



The natural disease The bacillus of glanders Cultivation of glanders 

 bacillus Powers of resistance Experimental inoculation Action on 

 the tissues Mode of spread Mallein and its preparation Methods of 

 examination Rhinoscleroma 275 



CHAPTER XIII. 



ACTINOMYCOSIS AND ALLIED DISEASES. 



Characters of the actinomyces Tissue lesions Distribution of lesions 

 Cultivation of actinomyces Varieties of actinomyces and allied forms 

 Experimental inoculation Methods of examination and diagnosis 

 Madura disease 287 



CHAPTER XIV. 

 ANTHRAX. 



Historical summary Bacillus anthracis Appearances of cultures Biology 



Sporulation Natural anthrax in animals Experimental anthrax 

 Anthrax in man Pathology Toxins of the bacillus anthracis Mode 

 of spread in nature Immunisation against anthrax Methods of 

 examination 300 



CHAPTER XV. 

 TYPHOID FEVER BACILLI ALLIED TO THE TYPHOID BACILLUS. 



Historical summary The bacillus typhosus Morphological characters 

 Characters of cultures Bacillus coli communis Reactions of B. typhosus 

 and B. coli Bacillus enteritidis (Gaertner) Paracolon bacillus Psit- 

 tacosis bacillus Pathological changes in typhoid fever Suppuration in 

 typhoid fever Pathogenic effects produced in animals The toxic pro- 

 ducts of B. typhosus Immunisation of animals Relations of bacilli to 

 the disease Serum diagnosis Vaccination against typhoid Methods 

 of examination Bacillary dysentery Bacillus enteritidis sporogenes . 319 



