The Anatomical Record, Vol. 21 (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book The Anatomical Record, Vol. 21 (Classic Reprint) written by American Association of Anatomists and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-13 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Anatomical Record, Vol. 21 Micrococcus catarrhalis (a Gram-negative diplococcus resembling the gonococcus) has also been found in the urethra also in the vagina from which locality it may easily gain entrance to the urethra. A Gram-negative diplococcus having the form of the gonococcus, but with variations in size, has been demon strated in preparations from fresh cultures In smears taken from apparently normal urethrae, near the external meatus, we have always found some bacteria. Typhoid, typhus, and tuberculosis gain entry by invasion from within during the general infection of these diseases. A primary tuberculosis urethritis has yet to be definitely demonstrated. The inclusion bodies of Lindner believed by many authorities to be the bacterium causing trachoma, have been recovered from the female urethra, the newborn of which patient had a conjunctivitis at the time. This same organism can be isolated from the infant's conjunctiva if smears are taken during the early onset of the inflammation. Virus from the mother's urethra, or from the infant's conjunctiva, or from a case of true trachoma will, when applied to the eyes of a monkey or human adult, produce trachoma. It is only when the germ gains entrance to the eye of the adult that true trachoma arises. SO often has this been noted and by so many different Observers that trachoma has been considered a venereal disease. Infections in the urethra may be pathogenic or non-pathogenic, and also pyogenic or non-pyogenic. Because of its great prev alence and the extent of its ravages, the 'gonococcus is the infection of greatest importance. From the suppurating dis charge expressed from the urethra Gram-negative intracellular diplococci can occasionally be demonstrated. But there are a great number of cases in which a. Great number of bacteria can be recovered without showing any presence of this bacterium, at least in smears made directly from the discharge. Knowing that the character of the gonococcus changes more or less during long habitation in the tissues, and also that a great variety of flora follow in its wake, chronic suppurating cases may be con sidered probably of Neisser origin unless otherwise demonstrated. Such a type of case may be shown in the following laboratory reports taken from the record of the Stanford Women's Clinic. 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.