THE BEGINNINGS OF LIFE. 



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F " to ^thro" in length. They moved about in the 

 serum of the blood more actively than could be ac- 



FIG. 72. 



Illustrating the Development of Botrytis Bassiana in the Blood of Animals 

 suffering from Muscardine. (Gudrin-Meneville.) ( x 400.) 



a, a. Spherical and amoeboid blood-corpuscles containing large particles. 



b, b. Ovoid particles in the free state. 



c, c. Germs of Botrytis supposed to be derived from such corpuscles, 



which gradually grow (d, d) into long and simple, and subse- 

 quently (e, e) into branched, Fungus-filaments. 



counted for by mere Brownian movements. They 

 gradually increased in size; and, even two or three 

 days before the death of the sick worms or moths, many 

 of them had become so elongated as to be easily recog- 

 nisable as rudimentary fungus-filaments 1 . Along with 



1 In reference to the different conditions under which the same pheno- 

 mena may be witnessed, it should be remarked that the fungus can 



