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scription of the original discoverers, MacCallum and Hastings, is 

 confirmed. 



Bacillus mortiferus.* — N. Harris isolated from an abscess of the 

 liver a pleomorphic bacterium which is designated Bacillus mortiferus. 

 It is not motile, is decolorised by Gram's method, does not liquefy 

 gelatin. In all media it gives a strong faecal odour, and forms gas in 

 glucose media (C0 2 , H, H 2 S). Lesions similar to those found in the 

 human being were reproduced in rabbits and guinea-pigs. 



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* Journ. Boston Soc. Med. Sci., v. (1901) pp. 376-8. 



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