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These investigators succeeded in removing guinea-pigs from the mother by 

 Cesarean section, and in keeping them alive in sterile surroundings, upon sterile 

 food, so that the contents of the alimentary canal remained sterile. Schottelius, 

 who worked with chickens, obtained contrary results, however; so that this 

 interesting question is still undecided 



