The Bacteriology of Measles

Abstract

Many attempts have been made to find the cause of measles and to study the bacteria that produce its complications. It may be of interest to review this work now, and for the sake of clearness of presentation the chief results may be discussed briefly under the headings of protozoa, miscellaneous, bacilli and cocci. PROTOZOA Bodies having some resemblance in form to protozoa have been observed in measles. Behla1 believed that he could see such bodies in the blood; Doehle2 described