THE PHILIPPINE 
JOURNAL OF SCIENCE 
B. TROPICAL MEDICINE 
VoL. X JULY, 1915 
PATHOLOGIC ANATOMY OF BUBONIC PLAGUE * 
By B. C. CROWELL 
(From the Department of Pathology and Bacteriology, University of 
the Philippines, and the Biological Laboratory, Bureau 
of Science, Manila, P. I.) 
FIVE COLORED PLATES 
TABLE OF CONTENTS 
INTRODUCTION. 
SOURCE AND CHARACTER OF MATERIAL. 
Mortality. 
Race. 
Sex. 
Age. 
Duration of illness. 
CLASSIFICATION OF PLAGUE CASES. 
Buboniec and pneumonic plague. 
Septicemic plague. 
Intestinal plague. 
Cutaneous plague. 
Pestis minor. 
Author’s classification. | 
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PATH- 
OLOGY OF BUBONIC PLAGUE. 
PORTAL OF ENTRANCE OF THE IN- 
FECTIVE AGENT. 
SKIN. 
LYMPHATIC GLANDS. 
Bubonic plague with early sep- 
ticzemia. 
Femoral buboes. 
LYMPHATIC GLANDS—Contd. 
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Primary (7?) iliac buboes. 
Popliteal buboes. 
Axillary buboes. 
Cervical buboes. 
PHARYNX AND TONSILS. 
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM. 
Lungs. 
Pleura. 
Bronchi and trachea. 
Larynx. 
SPLEEN. 
LIVER. 
GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT. 
PERITONEUM. 
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM. 
NERVOUS SYSTEM. 
URINARY SYSTEM. 
GENERATIVE ORGANS. 
PANCREAS. 
ADRENALS. 
ASSOCIATED LESIONS. 
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The present study is based on 75 cases of bubonic plague 
that have been autopsied in Manila during the period between 
June, 1912, and June, 1914. Other extensive studies on the 
* Received for publication May 7, 1915. 
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