That was Vera Ivanovna's patient who died and she came herself accompanied by Mardna and Miller. The patient was admitted when dying. Vera Ivanovna decided it was miliary tuberculosis. But I noticed the septic thrombophlebitis with the site of entry, a rotten frostbitten toe of his left leg. The truth was that I saw an identical case not long before. And I boldly contested the epicrisis. Dr. Miller growled in indignation. But Vera Ivanovna said, «Well, if you insist, prove it!»
And I could easily trace the path of a blood clot, a whole colony of microbes, from the toe to the femoral vein, then to the iliac portal vein, to the liver and via the diaphragm - per continuetatem - to the lower part of the right lung where they formed a lot of suppurative focuses. And in the x-ray examination all that simulated TB.