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Researches Regarding Cholera : the Blood. 



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par Davaine." The appearance of this " zone immobile," agrees very closely with that 

 due to glass erosions, and it is manifest that the latter might very easily be mistaken 

 for or confounded with organic particles. 



8. As regards the alleged constant presence of sarcinoe or their elements in the blood, 

 we have only to repeat our former statement that our observations (and this applies 

 as well to morbid as to healthy specimens) have not afforded it the slightest 

 confirmation, so that, in so far as this country at all events is concerned, it appears 

 to be wholly unfounded. 



B.— Microscopic examinations of the Blood in Cholera. 



The following table shows the results of the examinations of forty-one specimens 

 of blood from twenty- two cases of cholera : — 



TABLE II. 



Microscopic characters of Choleraic Blood. 



