CONTENTS. xill 



— Bacilli in tuberculous discharges — Experimental inoculation — Varieties 

 of tuberculosis — Other acid-fast bacilli — Action of dead tubercle bacilli 



— Sources of human tuberculosis — Koch's tuberculin — Toxins of the 

 tubercle bacillus — Koch's new tuberculin — Immunisation against tubercle 



— Methods of examination 236 



CHAPTER XI. 



Leprosy. 



Pathological changes — Bacillus of leprosy — Distribution in lesions — Rela- 

 tions to disease — Methods of diagnosis 267 



CHAPTER XII. 



Glanders and Rhinoscleroma. 



The natural disease — The bacillus of glanders — Cultivation of glanders 

 bacillus — Powers of resistance — Experimental inoculation — ■ Action on 

 the tissues — Mode of spread — Mallein and its preparation — Methods of 

 examination — Rhinoscleroma 275 



CHAPTER XIII. 



Actinomycosis and Allied Diseases. 



Characters of the actinomyces — Tissue lesions — Distribution of lesions — 

 Cultivation of actinomyces — Varieties of actinomyces and allied forms — 

 Experimental inoculation • — • Methods of examination and diagnosis — 

 Madura disease 287 



CHAPTER XIV. 



Anthrax. 



Historical summary — Bacillus anthracis — Appearances of cultures — Biology ' 



— Sporulation — Natural anthrax in animals — Experimental anthrax — 

 Anthrax in man — Pathology — Toxins of the bacillus anthracis — Mode 

 of spread in nature — • Immunisation against anthrax — Methods of 

 examination 300 



CHAPTER XV. 



Typhoid Fever — Bacilli allied to the Typhoid Bacillus. 



Historical summary — The bacillus typhosus — Morphological characters — 

 Characters of cultures — Bacillus coli communis — Reactions of B. typhosus 

 and B. coli — Bacillus enteritidis (Gaertner) — Paracolon bacillus — Psit- 

 tacosis bacillus — Pathological changes in typhoid fever — Suppuration in 

 typhoid fever — Pathogenic effects produced in animals ■ — The toxic pro- 

 ducts of B. typhosus — Immunisation of animals — Relations of bacilli to 

 the disease — Serum diagnosis — Vaccination against typhoid — Methods 

 of examination — Bacillary dysentery — Bacillus enteritidis sporogenes . 319 



