. Microbes, ferments and moulds . Bacteria; Fungi; Fermentation. THE MICROBES OF HUMAN DISEASES. 231 The same micrococcus, or, at any rate, a microbe which cannot be distinguished from it, is often found in the purulent ophthalmia of new-born in,fants. It is difficult to admit, even when we make allowance for the great susceptibility of an infant's eyes at the moment of birth, that such ophthalmia is always of gonorrhceal origin. However this may be, the micrococci of purulent ophthalmia resemble those of gonorrhoea, and the same treatment-is applicable. The solution of nitrate of silver in a
. Microbes, ferments and moulds . Bacteria; Fungi; Fermentation. THE MICROBES OF HUMAN DISEASES. 231 The same micrococcus, or, at any rate, a microbe which cannot be distinguished from it, is often found in the purulent ophthalmia of new-born in,fants. It is difficult to admit, even when we make allowance for the great susceptibility of an infant's eyes at the moment of birth, that such ophthalmia is always of gonorrhceal origin. However this may be, the micrococci of purulent ophthalmia resemble those of gonorrhoea, and the same treatment-is applicable. The solution of nitrate of silver in a diluted form, generally employed in maternity hospitals, as a pre-. Fig. 94.—Cells of gonorrhceal pus 24 hours after its discharge. Within may be seen several fornas of fission of their nuclei, and micrococci moving in the protoplasm (X 000 diam.). ventive treatment of infant ophthalmia, has con- siderably reduced the intensity of this disease. The red, malodorous sweat of the armpits is due to the presence of a microbe, which is found free in the sweat, or massed in the form of a zoogloea, and adherent to the hair of the skin. The red colour is not due to iron, for no trace of this metal is revealed by analysis; it approximates in its nature to that of Micrococcus frodigiosus. It may be cultivated in. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Trouessart, E. -L. (Edouard-Louis), 1842-1927. New York : Appleton
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