The Bacteriology of the Blood and the Treatment of Influenza
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were immediately put into broth and agar tubes for culture. In ten cases the blood was taken from the heart under perfectly aseptic conditions within half to one hour after death. The number of cases whose blood was taken for culture amounted to 90. The cases were clinically divided under two heads : (1) Mild cases in whom no pneumonic symptoms were present, and (2) cases in whom pneumonic symptoms
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