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opacity, and when examined, the fluid was found to be 

 swarming with active Bacteria. 



of 



Temperatures mentioned below. 

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 No. LXIV. 

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158° F. 

 158° F. 

 i6f F. 

 167° F. 



All these solutions remained quite clear and free from any 

 trace of general turbidity for ten days. Each fluid was then 

 inoculated with some living Bacteria, and in the space of 

 thirty-six to seventy-two hours, aU had become more or less 

 obviously turbid, and on microscopical examination this 

 turbidity was found in each case to be almost wholly due to 

 the presence of multitudes of Bacteria, 



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