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BACILLUS PESTIS Kitasato & Yersin, 1894. 
A. Study — morphology, staining, and cultural characteristics: 
Viability. 
Channels of entrance. 
Channels of elimination. 
Pathogenicity — guinea pigs, rahlnts, rats, mice. 
Diagnosis — Kolle’s method: ' 
Yersin serum — 
^lethod of manufacture and standardization. 
Prophylactic use. 
Curative use. 
Ilaffkine ])roj>hylactic — 
Methods of manufacture. 
L^ses. 
B. Disinfection. 
C. Quarantine. 
D. Relation of rats and other mammals to spread of plague. 
E. Relation of fleas, flies, and insects to spread of i)lague. 
The disease — 
Period of incubation. 
Symptoms. 
Diagnosis. 
Varieties. 
Lesions. 
Treatment. 
^lanagement of epidemics. 
Prophylaxis. 
