On the infectivity of the blood and other fluids in some forms of septic disease, and the reputed occurrence therein of an increase of virulence in successive inoculations / by G.F. Dowdeswell ; communicated by M. Foster.

  • Dowdeswell, G.F.
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[1883]
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Credit: On the infectivity of the blood and other fluids in some forms of septic disease, and the reputed occurrence therein of an increase of virulence in successive inoculations / by G.F. Dowdeswell ; communicated by M. Foster. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    From the Proceedings of the Royal Society, No. 223, 1883.] “ On the Infectivity of the Blood and other Fluids in some Forms of Septic Disease, and the reputed occurrence therein of an Increase of Virulence in Successive Inoculations.” By G-. F. Dowdeswell, M.A. (Cantab.), F.L.S., F.C.S., &c. Communicated by Dr. M. Foster, Sec. R.S. Received January 1.5, 1883. The remarkable fact that in some cases the blood of an animal, intoxicated with putrid matter, becomes itself “ infective,” capable of h