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“It has occurred to me that possibly the white corpuscles may have the office of picking up and digesting bacterial organisms when by any means they find their way into the blood. The propensity exhibited by the leukocytes for picking up inorganic granules is well known, and that they may be able not only to pick up but to assimilate, and so dispose of, the bacteria which come in their way does not seem to me very improbable in view of the fact that amoebae, which resemble them so closely, feed upon bacteria and similar organisms.”

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George Miller Sternberg

George Miller Sternberg was an outstanding physician, born on June 8, 1838, and died on November 3, 1915. He made significant contributions to the field of medicine, particularly in surgery and public health. more

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