ACTINOMYCOSIS. 



41'; 



Lebert bore in miud the passiVjle existence of some helminthic debris, 

 of which these botUes might be booklets, but he sought in vain for 

 echinocoeei and eysticerci. 



Actinomycotic pus wus later described and figured by Robin. 

 In the illustration nccompanj-ing the description, the fungi are most 



Pig. 177. — Section of Liver fbom -i Case of Actinotiycosis in Max. 



accurately depicted. Robin states that he had found, in two oi- 

 three cases in the pus of deeiJ-seated chronic abscesses, yellowish grains 

 attaining a diameter of one-tenth of a mm., surrounded by a sort of 

 halo or thin, viscous, finely granular stratum, containing leucocytes. 

 These grains were composed of elements 2 to 6 mm. in length, swollen 



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