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was examined by Dubois, who found the same white um- 

 bilicoid bodies, quite fresh, in the air cavities, and also in 

 the abdominal cavity near the kidneys. Muller, Link, 

 Klotzsch, and others, declared them to be vegetables. 



I fear, gentlemen, that I have wearied you by the cita- 

 tion of so many facts, which, all nearly alike, lose in- 

 terest by repetition. But, on new ground like this, you 

 must bear with me, if possible; as it is necessary to show, 

 by many witnesses, that fungi not only obviously produce 

 diseases, but that they must be absorbed and carried into 

 the circulation, as they are frequently found by the best ob- 

 servers in the world, even in the shut sacs of the body. 



