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obermeyeri of recurrent fever. We know, from what has been said in 

 Chapter VI, that the spirochaetes found in the serum of persons 



FIG. 40. Vibrios (V. metchniTcovi) developed inside 

 a microphage from a vaccinated guinea-pig. 



FIG. 41. Vibrios (V. metchniJcovi) developed in a drop of exudation 



from a vaccinated guinea-pig. The vibrios have ruptured the 



microphage and scattered themselves in the fluid. 



attacked by this organism, are, in the peritoneal cavity of guinea- 

 pigs, destroyed by the intervention of the macrophages. These 

 [240] phagocytes guarantee the natural immunity of the guinea-pig against 



