On the Animal Alkaloids; the Ptomaines, Leucomaines And Extractives in Their Pathological Relations
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It may even lie beyond the powers of the anatomist to follow the pro- cesses of morphological change or of molecular trans- formations recognisable only by the chemist, to whom a region lies exposed to his pecuhar means of research, which is as yet unexplored. Certain it is that molecular death precedes all evi- dence of the existence of the bacterial microbes ; and hence their diffusion is enormously wide. Matters on which they grow and thrive are found everywhere ; and therefore whenever dead... organic substances are found, either in solution or with a certain amount of water, there also bacteria may be found. They are found in all waters, whether flowing or stagnant, in all hquids that can ferment or putrefy, and in all vegetable and animal tissues that are sufliciently moist. Organic matters, moisture and warmth go to favour their multi- pUcation ; and we cannot avoid swallowing numbers of them with our food, and inhahng them with our breath. Bacterial invasion of the system may thus start from the mucous membrane " in special circumstances ; " and it is " in these special circumstances " that we must re- cognise the antecedent unknown factors which combine to bring about the disease, and contribute to the condi- tions favourable to the existence of bacteria.
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