19 
EFFECT OF SUXLIGHT OX PLAGUE BACILLI. 
r 
Author. 
Condition. 
Killed. 
With- 
stood. . 
Hours. 
Abel 
Kitasato 
Wilm I 
Albrecht and Bhon ; 
German Pest Commission.. 
Rappoport. 
In Hamburg, 30 C., thin spreads on cover glasses 
Thicker spreads 
In Hongkong. Pus from buboes 
Vienna in August, peritoneal exudate, 
In Bombay, thin layers on glass 
thicker layers on glass 
silK threads 
in wool 
agar lest tube culture 
In St. Petersburg, silk threads, 20 C 
note paper, 20 C 
filter paper, 20 C 
linen thread, 20 C 
woolen thread, 20 C. 
1 hour. 
3 to 4 hours 
4 hours 
1 hour . 
4 hours 
3 hours 
All day 
24 days 
17 days . 
24 days 
13 days 
23 days , 
6 
3 
» ' VIABILITY OF THE OEGAXISM IX VARIOUS MEDIA. 
' -r Author. 
Condition. 
Alive. 
Dead. 
German Plague Commission.. 
In sputum, 30° to 32° C 
In pieces of liver kept in sealed tube 
Days. 
6 to 10 
7 
Days. 
(a) 
In sterilized feces in thread, fabrics, and paper, 
4 
8 
Hankin 
29° C. 
On aeed.s, grairis, and flour.s i 
13 
Abel 
In water, distilled and tap 
20 
German Plague Commission.. 
1 n tap water 
5 
In distilled water 
10 
Yokoto 
In cadavers of mice, buried 
20 to 30 
lO (X 
