5S Description of the Illustrations.  [part i. 



Plate II, 

 Cholera bodies of 1849. 



FIGURES. NOS. 



The cholera bodies of Drs. Budd, Brittan, and Swayne (after Robin') ...... ii. 



Brittan's " annular bodies " in cholera (copied from Medical Gazette) iii 



Swayne's " cholera cells " (copied from Lancet) iv. 



Plate III. 



" Cysts " in choleraic discharges. 



Cysts closely resembling Brittan's cholera bodies ; consisting principally of fatty matter 



enveloped by fibro-albuminous material v.-vii. 



A globular cyst-like body observed in choleraic dejecta v. 1 



Effect of liq. potassse upon No. 1 (fatty) „ 2-4 



Two sizes of the globular cyst-like bodies as at v. 1 . . . vi. 1-2 



Appearance after the addition of acetic acid (fatty) ......... ,. 3-5 



Globular cyst-like body surrounded by a compact fibro-albuminous layer vii. 1-2 



Effect of ether after the previous application of liq. potasste (fatty) 3-4 



Bodies resembling the " cholera cells " of Swayne. They are ova of ordinary Round-worms . viii.-xi. 



Ova, as commonly met with in alvine discharges viii. 1-4 



Ova, the contents having assumed a somewhat defined arrangement „ 5-6 



Embiyo completed viii. 7 



Embryo escaped „ 8 



Same as viii., the form having been altered by pressure. ix. 



Effect of adding ether „ 1 



Aspect assumed after the addition of liq. potass^ subsequent to the application of ether . . „ 2-5 



Same as viii. — Also treated with ether. No. 3 was ruptured by pressure (ova) .... x. 1-5 



Plate IV. 



Organisms obtained in cholera stool. 



More highly magnified specimen of Fig. viii xi. 



After the addition of sulphuric acid (ova) 



of iodine and absolute alcohol (ova) . . 



of absolute alcohol only (ova) 



Ova of acarvs (domesticiis ?) — sometimes found in choleraic and other dejections 



Partly disintegrated acarus obtained in a cholera stool (magnified by a low power) . 



Highly stained specimen of the ovxim of Tricocejfhalus (dispar ?) — probably the body delineated 



at No. 2, fig. iii, in Dr. Brittan's drawing 



Ditto ruptured by pressure 



Highly stained specimen of the ovum of an ascaris found in the same stool (cholera) as the 



foregoing, — ruptured by pressure „ 3 



Mycelium escaping from an aggregation of molecules (micrococcus). Spores not visible (cholera 



stool) XV. 



Germinating spores, together with mycelial filaments (cholera stool) xvi. 



Plate V. 



Development in a cholera stool : " Isolating Appa/ratus." 



Fungus developed in a cholera stool. A later condition obsei-ved in the preparation delineated 



at fig. XV, Plate IV. xvii. 



Spores, some of which have germinated ,, 1-2 



Mycelium, upon which dilatations or macroconidia (?w) are seen „ 3 



Filaments with bulbous terminations .... „ 4 



Fertile filament terminated by a cyst or sjwrafiginm, the contents , of which is seen to have 



contracted within the capsule „ 5 



The " Isolating Apparatus " used in some of the experiments xviii. 



Funnel containing a plug of cotton wool „ 1 



Flask containing strong sulphuric acid „ 2 



