169 



was 3462, of which 84 succumbed and 48 were slaughtered. The 

 remainder 3320 (3462-94-48) must be considered as recoveries. 

 But this calculation furnishes too high number to be accepted 

 as a reliable statement. 



2. Aetiology. 



The contagiuii of Japanese farcy — SaccJiaroviyccs farciniino- 

 sus — is an oval or eye-shaped corpuscle provided with a 

 thick membrane, and with more or less homogenous content. 

 The transverse diameter fluctuates within 2.4-3.6 p.. Both 

 poles are generally pointed ; sometimes at one pole we find a 

 but-like appendix, or 2-3 cells are joined together pole to pole ; 

 the content is either homogenous and transparent or finel}- 

 granulated, usually a coccen-like granule, 0.5-1.0 even 2. //. 

 in diameter, is suspended in the content. The granule is either 

 colorless or faintly yellow, has a strong refractive power and 

 performs a lively mollecular movement, wandering in the 

 content ; generally it is found near one pole. Sometimes also 

 collapsed semilunar cells are found ; they are probably old 

 varieties, whose content has been evacuated. 



Saccharomyccs are abundantly found in the morbid tissue 

 and products, partly free in the plasma and partly enclosed in 

 pus corpuscles, which are often loaded with lO, even 20-30 of 

 them, and are thereby enlarged to double or triple the normal 

 size, 13-21 ti.. in diameter. The protoplasm together with 

 nucleus is pressed against the periphery, and the remaining 

 space is occupied by the microbes. 



Besides saccJiaroinyces, we find, both in plasma and jous 

 corpuscles, many granules, which look similar to that contained 

 in the microbe. These granules are either solitary or joined to 

 a kind of diplococciis. The smaller ones arc colorless and bright ; 

 the larger ones look homogenous, less bright and faint yellow. 



In young nodules of the testicle, lymph, gland, &c., sac- 

 cjiai'oviyces are mostly found in the lymphoid cells, while in the 

 larger soft nodules many are free in the interstitial space. 



Young saccJiaromyccs, which arc full of protoplasm, 

 easily take aniline stains, so also the granules contained 

 in them ; while those, wlu'ch contain fluid plasma, never 



