Further Observations on a Leprosy-like Disease of the Rat

Abstract

The object of this paper is to record briefly the result of certain observations and experiments on a disease of the rat, which is chiefly interesting from the close resemblance it bears to leprosy in the human subject. Not only are the lesions similar in their macroscopical and microscopical appearances, but the causal bacillus closely resembles the Bacillus leprae in its morphological characters, distribution in the tissues, staining reactions, and refusal to adopt a saprophytic habit of life.