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membrane stained with particular care will show 

 long fusiform rods with sharp ends, taking the dye 

 more deeply at the ends and in the form of transverse 

 bands, and quite long, wavy, spiral organisms, usually 

 having shallow, irregular curvatures. The bacilli are 

 ToV ir to 2-oVo incn l n g and 4 o TKTO to ^rl <y<r inch wide. 

 They probably grow best under anaerobic conditions. 

 There is no specific treatment. 



FIG. 40. Vincent's bacillus with accompanying spirochaette. (Park.) 



CONJUNCTIVITIS. 



There are many bacteria capable of producing inflam- 

 mations of the conjunctiva! sac, but there are a few 

 that seem peculiar in being found only in this place. 

 Whether they are separate species or not remains to 

 be seen. The most important mild inflammation of 

 the conjunctiva is the "pink eye." This acute con- 

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