X CONTENTS 



PAOE 



of Disse and Tagucchi— V-shaped bacillus of Dr. Van Neissen 



— The Contagious Diseases Act 182-196 



CHAPTER VIII. 

 INFLUENZA. 



The specific organism was discovered in 1892 — Method of staining 

 growth on media — Epidemics of note — The disease has pro- 

 duced different clinical effects in different years — An attack is 

 not protective — Prophylaxis. 



TETANUS. 



First obtained in pure culture by Kitasato — Morphology — Char- 

 acters of growth— Method of staining — Method of obtaining 

 pure cultures — Resistance of spores to heat — Production of 

 artificial immunity in animals — Tetanus antitoxin — Researches 

 of Dr. Sidney Martin on the metabolic products of the tetanus 

 bacillus in the human body. 



MALIGNANT (EDEMA. 



Discovered by Coze and Feltz — Forms spores — Method of staining 

 — Must be grown on special media under anaerobic conditions 

 — Occurrence of the disease — Method of obtaining a pure 

 culture — The bacillus is the cause of surgical gangrene. 



SYMPTOMATIC ANTHRAX. 



The specific organism was discovered by BoUinger and F©ser — 

 Morphology — Method of staining — Growth on media — Patho- 

 genesis — Production of artificial immunity - 197-205 



CHAPTER IX. 



PNEUMONIA. 



Organisms most frequently found in pneumonia — A large group 

 of cocci have been isolated by Kruse and Panzini — Micrococcus 

 pneumonicB crouposce — Diplo-bacOlus of Friedlander — Methods 

 of staining — Cultural differences — Method of obtaining pure 

 cultures — The organisms may exist in the healthy throat — 

 Value of bacteriological diagnosis — Practical disinfection. 



RELAPSING FEVER. 



Obermeier's spirUlum is the specific cause of the disease — 

 Morphology— Methods of staining — Attempts at culture hitherto 

 unsuccessful — Experiments on monkeys — Pathogenesis — The 

 disease is not common at the present day — Practical disinfec- 

 tion. 



