Bacteria in Muscular Tissues and Blood of Apparently Normal Animals

Bacteriology of the Human Liver

“…There is abundant evidence in the literature that not only the liver but other organs of dogs, cats, guinea pigs, hogs and rabbits may harbor bacteria during life (10,11,20). The liver has been cited as the source of bacteria or bacterial products resulting in the death of dogs where liver fragments have been placed in the peritoneal cavity (12,14,21,22) Although there has been some controversy as to the actual cause of death in these experiments, it appears likely that it results from the breakdown products of bacterial growth in the liver implanted in the peritoneal space rather than directly from the bacteria themselves (23)(24)(25)(26).…”

The Histotoxic Clostridial Infections of Man 12

“…There are, of course, numerous examples to be found in the literature of obscure, nontraumatic infections in which C. perfringens and occasionally other anaerobes have been found (213,374,975, 1090a, vide infra) but these are not primarily infections of muscles. On the other hand, severe idiopathic anaerobic myonecrosis is common enough in veterinary medicine (923,951); but it is a well attested fact that many healthy animals harbor pathogenic anaerobic bacteria in their tissues (40,72,764,871,1076). There is no evidence of a similar hostparasite relationship in man, although it has been frequently sought.…”

Bacteria in the Muscular Tissues and Blood of Apparently Normal Animals

“…This work is an outgrowth of attempts to determine the bacterial flora of good and sour hams. In our earlier experiments (Reith, 1926) we found bacteria present in all chilled and nonchilled fresh hams examined from slaughter houses. On the theory that bacteria might enter the hams during the handling of the carcasses on the killing floor, especially during scalding and d'ehairing, samples of hams were taken from various stages in operation and examined for bacteria.…”