. Micro-organisms and disease. An introduction to the study of specific micro-organisms. Microorganisms. XVI] VIBRIO AND SPIRILLUM 457 in gelatine than the typical cholera vibrio; on Agar the growth is also slower and much more transparent, it does not give the cholera red reaction with pure sulphuric acid when grown in pure peptone salt, and when injected into the peritoneal cavity of the guinea-pig is far less virulent than the typical cholera vibrio. The epidemic of cholerine in Lisbon had a very low mortality—few cases of death out. Fig. 182.— Specimen of a Flocculus from the W^ater o
. Micro-organisms and disease. An introduction to the study of specific micro-organisms. Microorganisms. XVI] VIBRIO AND SPIRILLUM 457 in gelatine than the typical cholera vibrio; on Agar the growth is also slower and much more transparent, it does not give the cholera red reaction with pure sulphuric acid when grown in pure peptone salt, and when injected into the peritoneal cavity of the guinea-pig is far less virulent than the typical cholera vibrio. The epidemic of cholerine in Lisbon had a very low mortality—few cases of death out. Fig. 182.— Specimen of a Flocculus from the W^ater of the polluted Well of Ashbourne that hau caused an Epidemic oy Asiatic Cholera. of over 140 attacks, the normal mortality in an epidemic of cholera being 50 per cent, and sometimes more—all these facts justified Pestana in declaring that the vibrio is not the cholera vibrio and the disease is not Asiatic cholera. Recent observations, which I have carried out for the Medical Department of the Local Government Board, and which will be published in their Reports in 1896, seem to show. 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 Klein, E. (Edward), 1844-1925. London, Macmillan and Co. , Ltd.
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