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gas bacillus

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noun

  1. any of several pathogenic bacilli, especially of the genus Clostridium, that produce gas in infected tissue.

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The bacillus frequently is present in soil and when carried to an open wound germinates quickly, developing into bubbles of gaseous matter, whence comes the name "gas bacillus."

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Chemistry, for instance, discovered an antitoxin for the deadly gangrene, or gas bacillus, poisoning of the battlefields.

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The gas bacillus was discovered by Dr. William H. Welch, of Johns Hopkins University, 25 years ago.

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