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MODERN BIOLOGIC THERAPEUSIS 



the bacillus bulgaricus is dependent upon the 

 power of the bacillus to live in the intestine and 

 there produce lactic acid, the presence of which 

 is unfavorable to the growth of putrefactive 



Bacillus bulgaricus. x 1,000 diameters. 



bacteria which thrive best in an alkaline me- 

 dium. 



Indications The culture of the bacillus bul- 

 garicus is indicated in the treatment of intes- 



