Recent studies of the olive-tubercle organism / by Erwin F. Smith.

  • Erwin Frink Smith
Date:
1908
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    anyway. One lot came from Xa])les and the other from Tunis. Schiff's mistake arose from tlie belief that anything found in the tubercle must necessarily he the cause of it. That he did not dis- cover and correct liis mistake later on is due to the fact that his inoculations were not ])ro])erly controlled. NOMENCLATURE OF THE OLIVE-TUBERCLE ORGANISM. The nomenclatorial vicissitmles in connection with the olive- tubercle organism may he stated as follows: 1SS6. Bacterium ohae Arcangeli: Bacteria seen in cavities in the tubercles and name given without measurements or any description, except the statement that they resembled Bact. iermo. The cavities also contained mycelium and spores. Xo bacteriological studies were made. Statement hazarde<l that the bacteria had nothing to do with the jiroduction of the tubercles which arise in wounds. The tubercles were described (piite carefully ami attributed to physio- logical disturbances favored by special predisposition. ISSh. Bacillus oleae iuherculosis Savastano: Stmlies begun in 1886; tubercles produced in 1SS7 and again in 188!) with cultures of bacteria obtained from the knots. Organism deseribeil as a motile short rod, which is whitish or yellow on culture media and sometimes liipiefies gelatin, while at other times it does not. 1880. Barillas Prillieuxlaiius 'I'revisan: A name based on Pril- lieux’s account of the di.sea.se and given without study or proper tlescription. 1889. Bacillus ohae (.Vrc.) Trevisan: A simple transfer to another genus, 'riie de.scription is borrowed (curtailed) from Savastano. B. Ih'illiemxiatnts is placecl under it as a synonym; also B. oleae tuber- culosis. 1904-1005. Bacillus oleae, the cause of olive tubercle, stated by SchilT-Cdorgini to be a white to ilirty yellow, polymor])hic, peri- trichiate bacillus, jwoducing spores very readily, forming long chains and tangled threatls suggestive of the anthra.x organism, producing a ])rompt ])ellicle on bouillon, liquefying gelatin, coagulating milk, growing readily at 37° C., withstanding a temperature of 102° C., etc. 1905. The olive-tubercle organism stated by Erwin F. Smith to he A white, nonsporiferous, nonlicpiefying organism, consisting of short rods, motile by means of polar llagella, unable to grow at 37° C., killed by a temperature of 50° C., incapable of coagulating milk, etc. Yellow and white nonpathogenic bacteria stated to occur in the tubercles. 1907. Bacillus oleae (Arc.) TrevLsan, stated by Petri to be a “Sam- melname,” which splits up on study into Bacillus oleae cr (Smith), the li. 4 ■ 1