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198 THE MICRO-ORGANISMS OF THE HUMAN MOUTH.
which artificial," and bases this declaration on the ground that
" in every one that was artificial the micro-organisms followed
the line of the tubules without striking into the consolidated
intertubular substance," he makes a double mistake which I

Fig. 99. Fig. 100

A

Artificial Decay.
«, tubules distended and me'ted ti><;ethei-
b, normal tubules; e, tubulo under
high power (1100 : 1). Cross-
section.
Fig. 101.

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Artificial Decay.
Tubules infiltrated with cocci, distended
and in parts running together through
the liquefaction of the intertubu- TWOTUBVLES FROM ARTIFICIAL DeCAY.
lar substance. Circa 400 : 1.
a, filled with rods ; b, with cocci.
Compare Fig. 77.
Only those branches lying in one plane are
represented. 1100 : 1.
think he will correct himself when he shall have acquired a
thorough knowledge of the appearances of natural and artificial
decay under the microscope.
One does not require to examine a very large number of prep-
arations in order to discover that both in artificial as well as in