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SEDGWICK AND WIXSLOW. 
BACILLUS OF TYrilOID FKVl.U. 
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results differ fr 
those obt 
lined by actual freezing in 
freezing for short periods produced varying and unc 
'-four hours old showed a constant reduction of over PO 
'ilalii Ti Mjli>. wliilo 
tubes of 
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frozen remained subject to this uncertainly 
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Inspection of the tables will show that individual tub 
days, 
tubes 
half of their original germ content after a week, ( 
On the other hand, complete sterilization ensued 
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of it aficr three 
Iian in ihe frozen 
A second characteristic of the viability of 
the fact, clo; 
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the fi 
fcjuni etiiiiea to occur. The successive sam 
js of the same tube show in certain instances a slidit ii 
The reduction in water at 10° does not seem to be any 
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