CHAPTEK VI 

 THE SPECIAL FORMS OF CONJUNCTIVAL INFECTION 



UNDER this heading the following sections will be considered : 



SECTION 1. Conjunctivitis due to the Koch- Weeks Bacillus and the Influenza 



Bacillus. 

 SECTION- 2. Diplobacillary Conjunctivitis (MORAX - AXENFELD). Petit's 



Variety of the Diplobacillus. 

 SECTION 3. Pneumococcal Conjunctivitis. 

 SECTION 4. Pseudo-membranous Conjunctivitis. Diphtheria and Xerose 



Bacilli. Streptococci. Various Organisms. 

 SECTION 5. Gonococci and other Gram-negative Diplococci (Meningococci, 



Micrococcus Catarrhalis) occurring on the Conjunctiva. 



Blennorrhcea and Ophthalmia Neonatorum- 

 SECTION 6. Staphylococcal Conjunctivitis. 

 SECTION 7. Rare Organisms. 

 SECTION 8. The so-called Scrofulous Inflammations (Phlyctenular, 



Eczematous). 

 SECTION 9. Trachoma. Follicular Affections. 



SECTION 1. KOCH- WEEKS CONJUNCTIVITIS (INFLUENZA). 



PLATE A, FIG 1. 



Historical. 



In the year 1883, during the cholera epidemic in Alexandria, 

 B. Koch for the first time examined a series of cases of Egyptian 

 ophthalmia. He found that two distinct diseases were referred to 

 under this name. In the severe purulent form he found Diplo- 

 cocci, which he identified as very probably Gonococci; in the more 

 catarrhal form he regularly found in the pus corpuscles small bacilli, 

 which he compared to the fine bacilli of septicaemia in the mouse. 

 He was unable to obtain cultivations. 



In 1887 mutually independent papers by Weeks and Kartulis 

 appeared. 



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