Surgery; its theory and practice . Staphylococci. • 950.(After Sternberg.). Streptococci, v 1000,(After Sternberg.) The Streptococcus pyogenes is more especially found in suppura-tion attended by phlegmonous or purulent tjedema with a tendencyto spread. The organisms occur in chains (Fig. 5). The sup-purations in which they appear to be chiefly concerned may startin a septic wound of the skin, or the puerperal uterus, or on amucous or serous surface in contact with decomposing absorption of the chemical products produced by theseorganisms is very liable to occur, giving rise to


Surgery; its theory and practice . Staphylococci. • 950.(After Sternberg.). Streptococci, v 1000,(After Sternberg.) The Streptococcus pyogenes is more especially found in suppura-tion attended by phlegmonous or purulent tjedema with a tendencyto spread. The organisms occur in chains (Fig. 5). The sup-purations in which they appear to be chiefly concerned may startin a septic wound of the skin, or the puerperal uterus, or on amucous or serous surface in contact with decomposing absorption of the chemical products produced by theseorganisms is very liable to occur, giving rise to general septic SUPPURATION AND ABSCESS. 39 poisoning (septicaemia), or if the micro-organisms themselvesalso gain access to the circulation, they may become lodged inthe capillaries and produce metastatic abscesses, so that the toxicsymptoms produced by the absorption of the chemical productsmay be accompained by metastatic {pyemic) abscesses. Thetwo foregoing micro-organisms, though the chief, are not the onlyones associated with suppuration ; other forms of micrococci


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