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LOCALIZED INFECTIONS OF PUS NATURE 



protected from light and drying. After pneumonia it is not 

 common for patients to remain as carriers, but attendants 

 may be accidental carriers. 



FIG. 30. Pneumococcus from bouillon culture, resembling 

 streptococcus. (Park.) 



FIG. 31. Pneumococci in peritoneal pus. Stained with fuchsin. X 1000 

 diameters. Clear spaces indicate capsules. (Park.) 



The coccus belongs properly to the streptococci, since it 

 divides only in one plane, and its cultures may appear in 

 chains. It has the peculiarities of growing in an oval shape 



