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are invariably found to be wanting in the discharge thus 

 created. This experiment proves that locality has nothing 

 to do with the development of the vibrios. 



Finally, if inoculation be practised with the pus of a 

 chancre containing the vibrios, the matter of the pustule re- 

 sulting from the inoculation will also be found to contain the 

 animalcules. 



Now, the inference to be deduced from these several facts 

 and experiments is, that if the vibrios in question be not 

 intimately connected with the propagation of the syphilitic 

 virus, that the matter of syphilis is at least peculiarly fitted 

 for their development. 



It is probable that the presence of these vibrios accounts, 

 in a great measure, for the beneficial effects of topical appli- 

 cations, which act by killing the animalcules. 



