Handbook of bacteriology for nurses / [Harry Wardwell Carey].

  • Carey, Harry Wardwell, 1875-1935.
Date:
1930
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Handbook of bacteriology for nurses / [Harry Wardwell Carey]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    VINCENT’S ANGINA. This is an infectious disease of the gums, mouth, or throat, characterized by the formation of a membrane which may be almost identical with the diphtheritic membrane in appearance, or by ulcerations which have a punched-out appearance. On the gums it may pro- duce extensive ulcerations. In smears made from the Fig. 32.—Organisms of Vincent’s angina in throat smear, showing fusiform bacilli and spirilla. (Zinsser. D. Apple- ton & Co.) membranes or ulcers, large, fusiform bacilli, broad in the middle, with tapering ends and long spirilla, are constantly found and are supposed to be the cause of the infection. It was the belief that the spirilla were but a later stage in the development of the fusiform bacilli, but there is reason to believe this is not so. As both forms are difficult to cultivate, the diagnosis must be made by examining smears made directly from the membrane or ulcerations in the throat. These organ-