Abstract
Conclusions
To obtain an immediate pleural reaction by means of tubercle bacilli, previous sensitization appears necessary.
Tuberculous pleurisy in guinea pigs would appear to be a reinfection as is believed to be the case in man.
The reaction of the sensitized pleura on reinfection ivith tubercle bacilli is another illustration of the Koch phenomenon, and offers advantages for the study of the protective significance of this reaction.
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