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to some extent; at least many circumstances may diminish it or 
remove it entirely, here and there, and as the microbe is also an 
aerobic being, it being in greater number, it will take off a large 
amount of the oxygen necessary to the development and life of 
the bacteridie. No matter, however, what the explanation of the 
fact may be, it is certain that the microbe referred to in this 
paper prevents, in some circumstances, the development of the 
bacteridie. Last year we met witfh one fact entirely like the above. 
To resume, one sees from the preceding details that one may 
produce at will purulent infections free from any putrid element, 
putrid purulent infections, carbuncular purulent infections, various 
combinations, different sorts of lesions according to the propor¬ 
tion of the specific microbes introduced in the organism. 
Such are the principal facts that I wished to present to the 
Academy in my name and those of my assistants. This lecture 
is the demonstration of a series of propositions which I presented 
to you some time ago. 
Some weeks past, one of the members of the section of 
medicine and surgery—Mr. Seidllot—after long thought, stated 
that lie had no hesitancy in saying that the success, as well as the 
failures, in surgery would find a rational explanation in the prin¬ 
ciples upon which the germs theory rests, and that this would 
give birth to a new surgery, already inaugurated by a famous 
English surgeon—Doctor Lister—who, one of the first, appre¬ 
ciated its fruit. Without professional competency in the subject, 
but with the conviction of the satisfied and authorized experi¬ 
menter, I would dare here to repeat the very words of our 
illustrious confrere. 
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Rupture of the Uterus before delivery—General 'putrid emphy¬ 
sema of the Fcetus. 
Cow, eight years old, which for several days is ailing, appe¬ 
tite somewhat diminished, the forerunning symptoms of deliv¬ 
ery are well marked, at times slight colics and efforts at expulsion. 
