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He left a batch of bacteria untouched for a week or so
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while he went on vacation during the hot summer months.
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On returning, he found initially,to his frustration,
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that the culture no longer produced the disease
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when he attempted to infect other chickens.
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So, he got a fresh batch of bacterium,
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and injected the same chickens with it,
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as well as a lot of new chickens,
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and made a surprising discovery.
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That the original chickens, injected with the old vaccine,
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remained healthy--in our terms, they were immune--
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while the new and previously untreated chickens