BATTLE IN THE BLOOD.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 651, 30 October 1909, Page 5

BATTLE IN THE BLOOD.

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En , s v^ ND i DEFENOERs::,:';. :•"'Prpfessbr/.iMetchnikoff': first'made discovery.'.of, what has .been popularly called ('the.bat,tlo":in tho-blood -.between the invading ' microbes and: the;-..white corpuscles, called-phogo-cytes, that devour tho'microbes: ■ '■ Metchnfkoff 'saw-tholighting," .it ; now' seems, 'that tho' . trench scientist has added scale.and: s'tieckou--lar;effect i to;''the;battleV,by'means .of- the ;kmematbsTaph.'-Tho. defending phagocytes, ■■ lite a well-trained army,' .flock towards the locality where malignant bacteria, their: natural enemies, have: enteredj and,'if the defenders are the stronger,' ..,tbe;;invader; is devoured.: - .But' it would seem/that some injurious bacteria, like sneak thieves;'can spread through the blood without the'phagocytes being sensitive to their presence.';K ; '';..-.- ? r>v..:';;v-: :'"■:'-■ ,:',.: v;. •.'-•- '- : :>- authority,..''it" is a'.'battle! between' the:hbst:and the parasite, in which in some cases the, host, ..in'some the parasite, gains the : uppei!:hnnd.", .Another-writC's:' "Given n. noxious :,agent;in a,tissue,"such, let us say,.as a_ localised,: deposit of: certain/bacteria,., the phagqcyteS, swarm towards the locality whored .tho jbaoteria have "taken . up!.their; residence. They surround individu'arbacteria, absorb them into their! .substance, and ultimately •• destroy them.byi-'digestion." ;-,-JMotchnikoff's book contains drawings.illustrntjhg'tho latter process. '