. Applied bacteriology for nurses. # ^^A L Fig. 62.—Bacillus of malignant edema. Tissue juice of guinea-pig after injection with a broth culture. Smear preparation, stainedwith fuchsin. X 1000 (Frankel and Pfeiffer). phylaxis: The careful cleansing of all wounds, especiallythose thought to be infected with earth. Bacillus Perfringens.—This organism, also known asthe bacillus of gas gangrene, Welchs bacillus, or theBacillus aerogenes capsulatus, is found in the intestinalcanal of man and animals and in soil and dust. Whenintroduced into wounds, as, for cxam})le, in the recent 182 APPLIED BACTER
. Applied bacteriology for nurses. # ^^A L Fig. 62.—Bacillus of malignant edema. Tissue juice of guinea-pig after injection with a broth culture. Smear preparation, stainedwith fuchsin. X 1000 (Frankel and Pfeiffer). phylaxis: The careful cleansing of all wounds, especiallythose thought to be infected with earth. Bacillus Perfringens.—This organism, also known asthe bacillus of gas gangrene, Welchs bacillus, or theBacillus aerogenes capsulatus, is found in the intestinalcanal of man and animals and in soil and dust. Whenintroduced into wounds, as, for cxam})le, in the recent 182 APPLIED BACTERIOLOGY FOR NURSES war, by the contamination of wounds with soil or infecteddust, it causes a serious infection characterized by theformation of ^as in the tissues. >^x \ \ ^ Fig. 63.—Bacillus perfringens, showing capsule; X 1100 (Hicks). The bacilhis is a large rod, Gram-positive, and undercertain conditions produces spores. It produces a toxinagainst which, recently, an antitoxin has been has been utilized
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