PNEUMONIA 71 



and operating-room drill the nurse awakens to an 

 entirely new conception of her duties and of all her 

 surroundings. 



PNEUMONIA 



The acute inflammation of the lungs known as 

 pneumonia is generally due to a micrococcus known 

 by several names : streptococcus 'pneumoniae, or diplo- 

 coccus (in pairs) pneumoniae, or pneumococcus, or 

 FrankeVs diplococcus 

 pneumanioe, after its 



discoverer; the term * v ' '/' "^N 



pneumococcus being 

 used more commonly 

 than any other, 

 probably on account 

 of its brevity. 



The pneumx)coccus 

 often occurs in pairs 



(diploCOCCi) or short Fm- l*. — Film preparation of pneumonic 



sputum, showing numerous pneumococci 



chains, usually show- (Frankel's) with unstained capsules. 



XlOOO. 



ing a capsule or clear 



zone surrounding the cell and bearing a marked 



resemblance to streptococcus pyogenes. 



Pneumonia manifests several different types and is 





