Lanterna Rally

Author: William Watson Cheyne

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-08-18

Total Pages: 662

ISBN-13: 9781333261412

Excerpt from Recent Essays, by Various Authors, on Bacteria in Relation to Disease As a rule the following points must be observed in investigating micro-organisms from the point of view of sanitary science. -in the first place, it must be definitely determined whether the organisms in question are pathogenic at all, that is to say, whether they can cause disease. Following on that comes the proof of their inoculability, that is, of the possibility of their transference from one individual to another previously healthy, this transference being attempted both on individuals belonging to the same species as those in whom the disease arose spontaneously or was artificially produced, and on individuals of other species. Next we have to trace out the mode in which the pathogenic organisms enter the animal body, to follow their behaviour out side the body in the air, water, and soil, and finally to determine what in uence reagents may exert upon them either in the way of destroying them or preventing their development. Hygiene is only interested in their existence in animal tissues in so far as an explanation of the mode of infection may thereby be rendered possible, whether, for example, the pathogenic organisms are localized in the alimentary canal, whether they pass into the blood, or whether they form resting spores in the interstices of the tissues. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."