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1908-9.] The Pathogenesis of Micrococcus melitensis. 
those established from the kidney show a scanty growth, and those from 
the centrifngalised deposit of the turbid urine or from the urine itself 
generally give rise to a fairly good growth. 
The next chart (No. 2) records the observations relating to the 
temperature, weight, and serum reaction of an experimental infection of 
this type. 
B. Intravenous Inoculation. — 1. Acute . — The intravenous injection of 
large amounts of cultivation of highly virulent strains of M. melitensis into 
small rabbits gives rise to an acute septicaemia. The experimental animal 
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