XIV] BACILLUS TUBERCULOSIS 367 



bacilli. But they gave the same reaction as tubercle-bacilli. 

 Here and there isolated cells of various sizes could be seen 

 filled with the bacilli. In the large cells the cell-outline 

 was becoming indistinct, and in some the cell-substance was 

 seen to break down, whereb}' the bacilli became free. In 

 these respects, in the size, distribution, and character of the 

 bacilli, there exists a remarkable similarity between the 

 nodules in leprosy and the nodules just mentioned. 



