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Summary
The resistance of mice to the intraperitoneal injection of Type I pneu-mococcus was found to be markedly dependent on the type of diet on which they were maintained. Those on a purified diet survived the equivalent of 100,000 lethal doses for those on a commercial laboratory diet. This difference could not be ascribed to any known dietary essential.
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