xiv CONTENTS 



CHAPTER XIX. 



Influenza, Whooping-Cough, Plague, Malta Fever. 



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Influenza Bacillus : Microscopical characters — Cultivation — Dis- 

 tribution — Experimental inoculation — Methods of examina- 

 tion. Whooping-cough Bacillus : Microscopical characters — 

 Pathogenic effects — Methods of examination. Bacillus of 

 Plague : Microscopical characters — Cultivation — Anatomical 

 changes produced and distribution of bacilli — Experimental 

 inoculation — Paths and mode of infection — Toxins, immunity, 

 etc. — Preventive inoculation — -Anti-plague sera — Methods of 

 diagnosis. Malta Fever : Micrococcus melitensis — Relations 

 to the disease — Mode of spread of the disease — Methods of 

 diagnosis ....... 479 



CHAPTER XX. 



Diseases due to Spirochetes — The Relapsing Fevers, 

 Syphilis, and Frambcesia. 



Relapsing Fever : Characters of the spirochsete — Relations to the 

 disease — Immunity. African Tick Fever : Transmission of 

 the disease. Syphilis : Microscopic characters of spirochsete 

 pallida — Distribution — Cultivation — Transmission of the 

 disease — Serum diagnosis — Wassermann reaction. Frambojsia 

 or Yaws. Infective Jaundice. Rat-bite Fever . 506 



CHAPTER XXI. 



Pathogenic Fungi. 



Botanical description — Methods — Microspora — Trichophyta — , 

 Achoria — Thrush — Aspergillosis — Sporotrichosis — ■ Blastomy- 

 cosis — Microsporon furfur ..... 530 



CHAPTER XXII. 



Immunity. 



Introductory — Acquired immunity — Artificial immunity — Varieties 

 — Active immunity — Methods of production — Attenuation and 

 exaltation of virulence — Properties of immune sera — Antitoxic 

 serum — Standardising of toxins and of antisera — Nature of 



