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Epidemic meningococcal meningitis in an adult, with death on the fifth day of illness (spinal cord section)

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Section of the spinal cord, showing the purulent exudate on the surface, more marked posteriorly and involving the anterior and posterior nerve roots. (Source: Koplik H. The diseases of infancy and childhood designed for the use of students and practitioners of medicine. Fourth edition. Philadelphia and New York: Lea & Fibinger, 1918. Image edited and restored by Dr. Douglas J Lanska.)