798 SUMMARY OF CURRENT RESEARCHES RELATING TO 



Antagonism of the Bacillus of Blue Pus and Anthrax.* — Dr. E. de 

 Freudenreich confirms in the main the results of Prof. Bouchard on tlie 

 antagonism between the bacilli of blue pus and anthrax. The experi- 

 ments of the latter gave a resistance of 46 per cent., but the author's 

 percentage falls to 28. The greater the amount of the blue pus virus 

 injected, the greater the immunity. On the other hand, it was found 

 that if the quantity injected was small, the anthrax pursued its fatal 

 course unchecked. It is suggested, basing the supposition on the 

 doctrine of phagocytes, that the cells had not been sufficiently stimu- 

 lated by the blue pus, and hence were not fully awakened to their 

 responsibilities. 



* Ann. de Microgr., ii. (1889) pp. 465-9. 



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