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losis. The lancet-shaped diplococcl with the capsule 

 are the micrococcus lanceokdus. 









Tuberculous sputum stained by Gabbett's method. Tubercle bacilli seen as 

 red rods ; all else is stained blue. 



The cocci grouped in fours are the micrococcus telra- 

 genus. 



IxocuLATiox Experiment. — Inoculate into the 

 subcutaneous tissues of a guinea-pig one of the small 

 white caseous masses similar to that wiiich has been 

 examined microscopically. If death ensues, it will be 

 the resnlt of one of the three following forms of infec- 

 tion : 



a. Septicfemia' resulting from the introduction into 

 the tissues of an organism frequently present in the 

 sputum. It exists under the various names: micro- 

 coccus of sputum se^jticiemia; diplococcus pneumonise; 

 pneumococcus of Friinkel; meningococcus; strepto- 

 coccus lanceolatus Pasteuri; micrococcus lanceolatus; 

 micrococcus Pasteuri; coccus lanceolatus; bacillus sali- 



1 Septiceemia is that form of infection in which the blood is the chief field 

 of activity of the organisms. 



