XVII. 

 CLASSIFICATION OF PATHOGENIC BACTERIA. 



A. BACTERIA BELIEVED TO BE THE CAUSE OP INFECTIOUS 

 DISEASES IN MAN. 



Traumatic infections: Staphylococcus pyogenes aureus (No. 1); 

 Staphylococcus pyogenes albus (No. 2); Streptococcus pyogenes 

 (No. 5). 



Gonorrhceal infections : Micrococcus gonorrhoeas (No. 6). 



Croupous pneumonia : Micrococcus pneumonias crouposse 

 (No. 8). 



Anthrax ("-wool-sorters' disease") : Bacillus anthracis (No. 45). 



Typhoid fever : Bacillus typhi abdominalis (No. 46). 



Diphtheria : Bacillus diphtherias (No. 47). 



Epidemic influenza : Bacillus of influenza (No. 52). 



Tuberculosis : Bacillus tuberculosis (No. 53). 



Leprosy : Bacillus lepras (No. 54). 



Glanders : Bacillus mallei (No. 55). 



Tetanus : Bacillus tetani (No. 149). 



Relapsing fever : Spirillum Obermeieri (No. 153). 



Cholera : Spirillum choleras Asiaticas (No. 155). 



B. BACTERIA ASSOCIATED WITH DISEASES OF MAN WHICH HAVB 



BEEN SUPPOSED, ON MORE OR LESS SATISFACTORY 



EVIDENCE, TO BE THE CAUSE OF THESE DISEASES. 



Pneumonia : Bacillus of Friedlander (No. 7). 



Meningitis : Diplococcus intercellularis meningitidis (No. 9) ; 

 Micrococcus pneumonias crouposas (No. 8); Bacillus meningitidis 

 purulentas (No. 131). 



Biskra button "Clou de Biskra'': Micrococcus of Heyden- 

 reich (No. 26). 



Pemphigus acutus : Micrococcus of Demme (No. 27). 



Bright' s disease : Streptococcus of Manneberg (No. 28); Bacillus 

 of Letzerich (No. 109). 

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