. Micro-organisms and disease. An introduction to the study of specific micro-organisms. Microorganisms. XIV BACILLUS TUBERCULOSIS 363 are stiff rods about 4 to Sjjl long and less than i/t thick. They are pointed at their ends, and always occur in masses within the large leprosy-cells of the leprous tubercles of the skin and internal organs. But they are also present in the interstitial tissue of the nervous branches in the ansesthetic variety of the disease.^ Some bacilli are motile, others. Fig. 143.—From a Section through the Larynx of a Patient dead of Leprosy. Huge cells in fibrous connec
. Micro-organisms and disease. An introduction to the study of specific micro-organisms. Microorganisms. XIV BACILLUS TUBERCULOSIS 363 are stiff rods about 4 to Sjjl long and less than i/t thick. They are pointed at their ends, and always occur in masses within the large leprosy-cells of the leprous tubercles of the skin and internal organs. But they are also present in the interstitial tissue of the nervous branches in the ansesthetic variety of the disease.^ Some bacilli are motile, others. Fig. 143.—From a Section through the Larynx of a Patient dead of Leprosy. Huge cells in fibrous connective tissue ; the cells are filled with the leprosy bacilli. Magnifying power 600. (Stained with magenta and vesuvin.) not; some are more or less granular and beaded, owing to local collections of the protoplasm within their sheath. Cover-glass specimens made from a scraping of a leprous nodule or the discharge of a leprous ulcer by spreading out ' Compare also Covnil, C'nion Mddicale, 1881, Nos. 178, 179, and Babes, Archives de P/iysiologie, July, 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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