BACTERIOLOGY IN A NUTSHELL. 
invasion in typhoid fever? Describe the progress 
of the disease resulting in hemorrhage and per¬ 
foration. 
IV. —In which of the communicable diseases 
do you consider most rigid disinfectant and anti¬ 
septic precautions necessary? 
V. —Name some communicable diseases be¬ 
lieved to be due to impure water. 
VI. —Describe symptoms of tetanus. State the 
usual cause of the disease. How long after in¬ 
jury may danger of the attack exist? What 
treatment is recommended as preventive? 
VII. —What conditions are conducive to the 
development of tuberculosis ? Give method 
adopted as preventive of its spread. Name treat¬ 
ment most in favor and state the nurse’s duties. 
VIII. —How is the mosquito responsible for 
the spread of malaria? What effect has the dis¬ 
ease upon the blood of its victims? Are the par¬ 
asites long lived? In what manner do they mul¬ 
tiply ? 
IX. —Which are most susceptible to meningitis, 
old or young people. Why are the methods of 
cleanliness so rigidly carried out in other infec¬ 
tious diseases not recognized in meningitis? 
X. —What conditions favor the development 
of pneumonia? Show why constant vigilance in 
caring for a pneumonia patient is so necessary? 
XI. —To what means of communication is yel¬ 
low fever confined? What preventive measures 
are used? 
XII. —How does the germ of smallpox discov¬ 
ered by Councilman differ from those of other 
communicable*diseases? What essential part of 
Koch’s circuit is not carried out? 
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