the idea has been expressed by us , as the result of observations based chiefly upon the study of the changes in the tissues of human leprosy , that the presence of bacilli within the large multinucleated cells that are characteristic of the lesion is the result of active multiplication of the bacilli in these cells rather than of phagocytosis by the cells , although it is possible that their original entrance may be the result of phagocytic action .
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phagocytosis
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cells