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On the Relationship of the Pseudo-Diphtheria to the Diphtheria Bacillus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

G. F. Petrie
Affiliation:
Assistant-Bacteriologist, Serum Department, Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine.
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The extreme diversity of opinion as to the identity of the Klebs-Loeffler bacillus and the bacillus of Hofmann, and the importance of the subject from the public health standpoint, make it desirable to bring forward any facts which may assist in arriving at a solution of the problem.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1905

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