BACTERIOLOGY IN A NUTSHELL. 
Alcoholic 
Subjects. 
Methods of 
Entrance. 
Predisposing 
Causes. 
have to be made early in the case. It is a very 
severe disease in some instances, particularly so 
in persons addicted to the habit of using alco¬ 
holics to excess. 
Various parts of the system are affected as 
shown by elevation of temperature, nausea, and 
frequently vomiting, headache, rapid pulse, and 
after the disease is well advanced in bad cases 
there may be delirium and exhaustion. The dis¬ 
ease sometimes proves fatal. 
Tuberculosis. All forms of this disease, 
which attacks various parts of the human struc¬ 
ture, are caused by the bacillus tuberculosis. 
Tuberculosis of the lungs is called phthisis or 
consumption. When the germs attack the lym¬ 
phatic glands the disease is spoken of as scrofula. 
Tuberculosis of the skin is termed lupus. The 
nurse meets with tubercular joint disease, tuber¬ 
cular disease of the kidneys, tubercular menin¬ 
gitis, tubercular peritonitis and so forth. 
The germ which is responsible for the develop¬ 
ment of tuberculosis generally gains admission 
to the system through breathing in air in which 
they are circulating, but it may be taken in 
through other sources; for instance, by drinking 
milk containing the germs. Jersey cows are said 
to be subject to tuberculosis and their milk apt 
to contain the germs. Wounds also admit the 
germs. 
Persons predisposed to tuberculosis are those 
whose chests are not well developed, whose cir¬ 
culation is poor and whose vitality is low, par¬ 
ticularly if their surroundings and occupations 
are unhealthy. Those who have to work in 
dusty, overheated, badly ventilated rooms, for 
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