Excerpt from Progressive Medicine, Vol. 3: September, 1906; Diseases of the Thorax and Its Viscera, Including the Heart, Lungs, and Bloodvessels; Dermatology and Syphilis; Obstetrics; Diseases of the Nervous System The Lymphocyte is the Chief Opponent of the Bacilli according to Bartel s investigations, which are still in progress, and by prolonged contact in vitro it can destroy their virulence. Bacilli thus deprived oi their toxic and chemotactic, as Well as of their reproductive, properties might, he thinks, be turned to account as a vaccine. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.