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diplococcus shows a large number of Gram-negative diplococci present in a few of the pus cells (polymorph neutrophil leukocytes ).

The reason of this appears to he that the diplococcus is frequently present in the mouth or air-passages without giving rise to any symptoms; but when the patient is exposed to chill, and the tissues of the respiratory passages are thereby weakened, the diplococcus grows, multiplies and gives rise to inflammation of the lungs.

My son is 4 and has spastic diplegia and the muscles in his legs fire off whenever he tries to do anything- even sing!diplococcus shows a large number of Gram-negative diplococci present in a few of the pus cells (polymorph neutrophil leukocytes ).

Thus pneumonia is now known to he due to the diplococcus pneumoniae, and yet its invasion occurs so frequently after a chill that it is almost impossible not to look upon chill and pneumonia as cause and effect.