BACTERIA 



See Bacillus septicaemia hamorrkagtca, Sternberg. 

 Bacillus of Rabies. See Bacillus lyssa, Pasteur. 

 Bacillus of Rag Pickers' Disease. See Bacillus 

 hominis capsulatis, Bordoni-Uffreduzzi. Bacillus of 

 Red Bread. See Bacillus prodigiosus, Ehrenberg. 

 Bacillus of Red Milk. See Bacillus lactis erythro- 

 genes, Hueppe ; and Bacillus prodigiosus, Ehrenberg. 

 Bacillus of Rheumatism. See Bacillus rheunuir- 

 thritidis, Kussmaul. Bacillus of Rhinoscleroma. 

 See Bacillus rhinoscleromatis, Cornil and Alvarez. 

 Bacillus of Roth, I, II. Obtained from old rags. 

 aer. ,/acanaer. , nliqf. , nmot. , pg. Resembles Bacillus 

 neapolitanus, Emmerich ; and Bacillus cavicidus, 

 Burger. Bacillus of Rouget. See Bacillus erysipe- 

 UUos suis, Koch, etc. Bacillus of Scarlet Fever, 

 Crooke. Syn., Bacille de la scarlatine, Fr. Found 

 in the nasal mucus and tissues of the throat in a 

 case of anginose scarlet fever, mot. Resembles 

 Bacillus ademalis maligni, Koch, and the Proteus of 

 Hauser. According to Doehle the parasite of this 

 disease is a protozoon. Cf. Micrococcus Scarlatina. 

 Bacillus of Scheurlen, Scheuerlen, Rapin, and 

 Domingo- Freire. Syn., Bacillus cpidermidis, Bordoni- 

 Uffreduzzi. From cancerous tissues and from mam- 

 mary epithelia of healthy persons. According to 

 Mace possibly identical with a variety of Bacillus 

 mesentericus vulgatus, Fliigge. air. , luff. , mot. , npg. 

 Bacillus of Schimmelbusch. Obtained from the 

 necrotic tissues of a case of cancrum oris or noma. 

 aer. , nliqf. , pg. Bacillus of Schou. See Bacillus 

 pneumonicus agilis, Schou. Bacillus of Senile 

 Gangrene, Tricomi. Syn., Bacille de la gangrene 

 senile, Fr. Bacillus of gangrene, Bacillus of Tricomi. 

 Found in the blood, in the tissues along the line of 

 demarcation, in the subcutaneous tissue and the lymph 

 spaces of the skin, and in the ichorous discharge. 

 air. , liqf. , nmot. , pg. Cf . Bacillus adematis maligni, 

 Koch, and Bacillus saprogenes, III, Rosenbach. Ba- 

 cillus of Septicemia in Man, Klein. Syn., Bacille 

 de la septicemic, Fr. Bacillus of Southern Cattle 

 Plague, F. S. Billings. Syn., Bacillus of Texas 

 fever in cattle. Bacillus der amerikanischen Rinder- 

 seuche, Canerva. Found in the blood, viscera, and 

 manure of cattle infected with cattle plague or Texas 

 fever: also in the ticks (Boophilus dot-is, Curtice) 

 infecting the cattle, and in their discharges. The 

 spread of the disease is largely due to the manure of 

 the cattle and also indirectly to the ticks, aer., nliqf., 

 mot., pleom., pg. Smith and Kilborn now attribute 

 this disease to the psorosperm Pyrosoma bigeminutn. 

 Bacillus of Spontaneous Rabbit Septicemia, 

 Eberth. See Bacillus of swine plague, Marseilles. 

 Bacillus of Symptomatic Anthrax. See Bacillus 

 chauztci, Bollinger and Feser. Bacillus of Swine 

 Pest. Selander. See Bacillus ex pneumo-enteritide 

 suis, Klein. Bacillus of Swine Plague, Marseilles, 

 Reitsch, and Jobert. Syn., Bacillus suis, Detmers. 

 Bacillus der Schweineseuche, Marseilles ; Bacillus der 

 Frettchenseuche (ferret disease), Eberth and Schim- 

 melbusch ; Bacille de la pest porcine, Fr. ; Bacillus 

 of spontaneous rabbit septicemia ; Bacillus of swine 

 plague, Detmers and Billings ; Swine plague, Schizo- 

 phyte. Detmers. First obtained from swine attacked 

 by a fatal epidemic disease in Marseilles, aer., nliqf, 

 mot., pg. Canerva and others identify this with the 

 Bacillus of ferret disease and with that of American 

 swine plague ; also with the Bacillus of Southern cattle 

 plague, Billings ; but this latter seems to be a distinct 



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species. See Bacillus tardigradus. Bacillus of 

 Syphilis. See Bacillus sypailidis, Lustgarten. Ba- 

 cillus of Tetanus. See Bacillus tetani, Nicolaier. 

 Bacillus of Texas Cattle Fever, F. S. "Billings. 

 See Bacillus of Southern cattle plague. Bacillus of 

 the Blood. Syn., Bacille du sang, Fr.; Blutbacillus, 

 Bacillus des Blutes, Hoffmann, Ger. Bacillus of 

 the Lungs of Cattle, Liistig. Found in the lungs 

 of healthy and diseased cattle, aer. , liqf. Bacillus 

 of the Meconium, Escherich Found in the meco- 

 nium. Bacillus of the Pneumo- enteritis of the 

 Pig. See Bacillus ex pneumo-enteritide suis, Klein. 

 Bacillus of the Smegma. Syn. , Bacille du smegma 

 preputial, Fr. ; Smegmabacillus, Ger. Found in the 

 smegma of the male and female genitals. Bacillus 

 of Tommasoli. See Bacillus sycosiferus fatidus, 

 Tommasoli. Bacillus of Tricomi. See Bacillus of 

 senile gangrene. Bacillus of Tuberculosis of 

 Vines. Syn., Bacille de la tuberculosis des vignes, 

 Corvo, Fr. Regarded by Corvo as the cause of the 

 diseased condition of vines usually attributed to Phyl- 

 loxera vastatrix, Planchon. Bacillus of Ulcerative 

 Stomatitis of Cattle, Lingard and Batt. Found on 

 the skin, the mucous membranes, and in the lungs of 

 young cattle. Cf. Streptocytus of eczema epizootica, 

 Schottelius. Bacillus of Ulcus Molle, Krofting. 

 Identical with that described by Ducrey as the Bacil- 

 lus of Chancroid. Bacillus of Utpadel, Utpadel and 

 Gessner. Obtained from the stuffing of the bed quilts in 

 a military hospital (Augsburg), and from the intestinal 

 contents of man. aer., nliqf., mot., pg. Bacillus 

 of Vagus Pneumonia. See Bacillus pneumonicus 

 agilis, Schou. Bacillus of Verruga Peruana, Izqui - 

 erdo. Found in the intercellular spaces and blood- 

 vessels in the nodules characteristic of Peruvian wart. 

 Bacillus of Vignal. See Bacillus buccalis minutus, 

 Vignal. Bacillus of Whooping Cough. See 

 Bacillus tussis convulsive, Afanassiew. Bacillus of 

 Xerosis Epithelialis Conjunctivae, Leber. Kusch- 

 bert, Frankel, and Neisser. Syn., Bacillus xerosis, 

 Frankel ; Bacillus of Colomiatti, Bacillus of xerosis, 

 Schreiber; Xerosebacillus, Bacillus der Xerosis epi- 

 thelialis conjunctivae, Ger. ; Bacille du xerosis con- 

 jonctivae, Fr. Found in the white, fatty scales of the 

 conjunctivae in cases of Xerophthalmia, nmot. Does 

 not grow on gelatin or potato. Pathogenesis not fully 

 determined. Bacillus oxytocus perniciosus, Wysso- 

 kowitsch. Found in milk left standing a long time. 

 air., nliqf, pg. Bacillus ovatus minutissimus, 

 Unna. Found upon the skin in cases of eczema 

 seborrhoeicum. air., facanair., nliqf. , npg. Bacillus 

 of Yellow Fever. Bacille de la fievTe jaune, Fr. ; 

 Bacillus des gelben Fiebers, Ger. Found in the mucous 

 membrane of the small intestine in two cases of yellow 

 fever. Sternberg has found many forms in the intes- 

 tinal contents and viscera of yellow fever cadavers, 

 the most frequent and abundant being the Bacillus 

 neapolitanus , Emmerich; Bacillus cadaverus, Stern- 

 berg; and Bacillus X, Sternberg. This latter is 

 held by Sternberg as being possibly concerned in 

 the etiology of yellow fever. Cf. Microbe de la 

 fievre jaune, Freire et Rebougeon. Bacillus of 

 Yellow Milk. See Bacillus synxanthus, Ehrenberg 

 and Schroter. Bacillus panificans, Laurent. Claimed 

 as the active agent in the raising of bread. Found 

 especially in black bread. Dunnenberger considers it 

 a mere impurity and not concerned in the leavening 

 processes. Bacillus parvus ovatus, Loffler. Syn. , 

 Pseudorotlaufbacillus, Ger. Bacillus of false hog 



Abbreviations.— aer. =-= aerobic, anaer. = anaerobic, chg. = chromogenic. facanair. = facultative anaerobic. liqf. = liquefac- 

 tive. monom. = monomorphic. mot. = motile, nliqf. = non-liquefactive nmot. — ■ non-motile, npg. = non-pathogenic 

 obi. — obligate, oscl. — oscillating, pg. = pathogenic, phos. = phosphorescent, pleom. — pleomorphic, sap. -= saprophyUc. 



