INVADE NORMAL BIOPLASM? 



division, and the germinal matter of the corpuscle 

 itself, attain a size larger than ordinary ; or the pre- 

 sence of the bodies supposed might cause the death 

 of some of the particles of germinal matter and the 

 formation of oil globules and other substances which 

 might go on accumulating until the white corpuscle 

 became too large to traverse the smaller capillaries. 

 The phenomena above referred to would not only 

 seriously interfere with the growth and nutrition of 

 the white blood corpuscles, but would prevent the 

 material undergoing conversion into red blood cor- 

 puscles ; and in consequence of the diminution in 

 number of the red blood corpuscles, and the reduc- 

 tion of the total quantity of blood in the system, 

 various secondary phenomena would ensue. 



But in whatever way the minute particles of germ- 

 inal matter supposed to be included in the white 

 blood corpuscle might cause their enlargement or 

 interfere with their function, impediment to the free 

 circulation of the blood in the capillaries must be 

 induced. The minute particles now stationary would 

 rapidly increase and multiply, and some might make 

 their way through the vascular walls towards the 

 surface, or into the surrounding textures. 



The minute particles embedded in the germinal 

 matter sometimes so closely resemble minute vege- 

 table germs that in some cases it is difficult to believe 

 they are not of this nature, and have gained access 

 from without. In other cases these particles are of 



