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Bail's phenomenon

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Mort rapide en 6 à 18 heures, par péritonite hémorragique aiguë avec hypothermie, provoquée par la réinjection, à des cobayes tuberculeux, par voie péritoneale, d'une dose élevée de bacilles, de Koch. La même dose inoculée de la même maniere au cobaye neuf produit après une période latente, une péritonite tuberculeuse.

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