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duced into an animal's body, perish by this mechan- 

 ism. It is not necessary to assume the presence 

 of special poisons in the body, it suffices to suppose 

 that the bacteria in question do not find the needful 

 means of existence in the body and therefore cannot 

 multiply. They thus fall a prey to the phagocytes 

 which destroy the invaders in a non-specific 

 manner. 



