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and ankle — Appearance of the limb before amputation — Appearance of the specimen on section 



Isolated grains of blackened material — Specimen III : a hand — Specimen IV : a hand 



Specimen V : anterior portion of a foot — The preparation divided in four places : appearance of 

 first section — Appearance of second section — Appearance of third seetion^Osseous tubercles along 

 the metatarsal bones 360 — 366 



Chapter VII. — Physical cliaracters and relations to surronnding tissncs of the Mack matter 

 frequently associated with the fungus-disease of India. — The dark material may be found under 

 three conditions — Isolated granules of the dark material — The variations in tint and the specific 

 gravity of the dark material — Effect of the application of heat : chemical characters of the ash — 

 Analysis of the black material by Mr. C. H. Wood — Spectroscopic characters of its solutions — 

 The microscopical characters of the dark material — The effect of re-agents on the filaments 

 — Amylaceous particles occasionally found in preparations — The black pigment . . . 366 — 371 



Chapter YIW.— Cultivations of the various morhid products of the disease. — Account of 

 cultivations of morbid products — A new grovs^ing-cell adapted for supplying moist-air to the 

 preparation — Cultivations of the black matter — A sun-dried specimen on rice-paste — Corrective 

 cultivation of pure rice-paste : development of a pink mould — General results of cultivation of the 

 black matter in rice-paste — Eesults of maceration of the black matter in water — Eesults of a 

 second experiment — Absence of evidence of living elements in the black matter — Occasional 

 occurrence of mould on its surface — Cultivations of morbid products of the pale variety of the 

 disease — Cultivation of material from Specimen No. 1 — Mould on the surface of the water — 

 Appearance of pink colouring — Pinkness of the material ; of infusoria, rotifers, and fungal 

 elements — Development of cysts on the mycelium — The nature of the cysts ; Eurotia — Questions 

 regarding their development^Colouring matter not the same as that of the red particles — 

 Aspergillus developed on animal substances — Results of other cultivations of the products of the 

 pale variety of the disease- — Cultivation in which fungi were purposely introduced — Appearance 

 of a red layer in it — Red Aspergillus — Colouring matter resembling that of the red concretions in 

 its reactions — Both asexual and sexual fructifications of Aspergillus liable to become coloured — 

 Results of other similar experiments — Experiments on cultivation of the red concretions . 371 — 381 



Chapter IX. — Lessons to he derived from these cultivation-experivmnts. — No peculiar species 

 of vegetable organisms developed in cultivations of the various morbid products — Mere colour 

 insufficient to determine specificity — Peculiarities of colouring in the present instance ascribable 

 to nature of substratum — Pink colouring not peculiar to fungi developed in connection with the 

 disease-products — Original observations on the subject agree with later experiments — Effects of 

 alcohol on the vitality of fungal elements — Pink colouring of the fungi no proof of the fungal 

 origin of the disease 381 — 383 



Chapter X. — Conchisions. — Nature of the morbid products — Is the dark variety an earlier 

 stage of the pale ? — The various stages in the progress of the dark variety — The cause of both 

 probably identical — Clinical characteristics of the affection — Real nature of the roe-like and pink 

 particles, and of the black masses — No etiological significance can be attributed to the presence 

 of pigment and filaments in the dark variety — Probable nature and source of the pigment — The 

 fungoid elements in the dark substance not genetically connected with " Chionyphe Carteri " — 

 The filaments and capsules probably vegetations — Whence are the fungoid elements derived 1 — 

 Experiments showing that fungal forms invariably appear under favourable circumstances in dead 

 tissues 383—388 



The Oriental Sore as Observed in India. A Report by Drs. T. E. Lewis and 



D. D. Cunningham. 1870. 



Chapter I. — General renmrks regarding " Oriental sore :" its Delhi form . , . 391 — 393 



Chapter II. — Statistics illustrative of the geographical distribution and prevalence of Delhi 

 sore and allied affections. — Prevalence of " abscess and ulcer " as a cause of admission in different 

 places and at different times — Facts regarding the occurrence of sores among the troops at Delhi — 

 The special local conditions at Delhi possibly bearing a causative relation to the sore — The water- 

 supply — Facts regarding the occuiTcnce of sores among the city population of Delhi . , 393 — 414 



