A report on the microscopic objects found in cholera evacuations / by Timothy Richards Lewis.
- Timothy Richards Lewis
- Date:
- 1870
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A report on the microscopic objects found in cholera evacuations / by Timothy Richards Lewis. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.
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![FIGUEES. NOS. Plate XIII {opposite page 2-1.) ir3'alinc appearance occasionally seen, when examined early, of the cells associated with the yZo<;ri!«^» in rice-water stools ... xl. The granular aspect presented by the preparation delineated at xl after 24 hours .,. ... ... ... sli. Animalcidte which appeai'ed in the evacuation on the fifth day. These generall3' present a distinct nucleus and frequently two .anterior filaments, which the animalculiB figured in plates xv and xvi do not ... ... ... ... xlii, TheyiofiouU and the cells imbedded therein observed to be granular, although examined ahnost immediately. The granular mass observed at the upper corner of the figure may be defined as a Micrococcus Colony, produced by the disintegration of the substance into molecules ... ... ... ... xliii. Movements exhibited by the coi-puscles associated with the flocculi when freed from the meshes of the membranaceous substance xliv. Appearance of the corpuscles associated with the Jlocculi after the addition of weak acetic acid and iodine .., ... xlv. Plate XIV {opposite page 26.) The elongated form very commonly observed of the coi-puscles imbedded in the flocculi. Some are granular, others arc ... ... ... ... ... xlvi. Appearance presented by the preparation (xlvi) after the addition of iodine solution ,,. ,.. xlvii. SarcincB, as commonly observed in cholera and other stools ... xlviii. Accumulations of a fatty nature ... ... ... xlix, 1 Little pellets which possess the power of altering in form and position Forms assumed by owe of the foregoing ... Very active animalculaj Various forms assumed by the gelatinous-looking substance depicted at xlix, No. 3 ... ... Animalculaj in a globular still condition Various forms assumed by one of the forciroino- y Plate XV {opposite page 28.) Illustrating the various stages in the existence of the animalcule which have been observed in alvine dejections. The aspects usually presented by these animalculiB when seen in evacuations ,.. ... ^ Appearance of the preparation delineated at figures xlix—Hi on the tourth day ; many of these jelly-like masses are animalcula; wnich have become inactive ,.. ]i Various forms assumed by a single animalcule immediately before It became mactive, as at liii ... Effect of re-agents on the masses depicted at liii After the addition of acetic acid - absolute alcohol ~ ■ ether and alcohol Mr. Bei-kcley's growing-cell ,.. '* ' 2 • 4 1. li. 1 -5 liv. Iv. 1-2 3](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24749515_0015.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
