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Enlarged glands may be considered to result from a condition
in which the first line of defence of the body, namely, the
lencocytes or blood cells, has broken down under the attack of
some invading organism which has thus come to be deposited in
the glands. It is clear that if the power of resistance of the
glands in its turn gives way, abscess formation or blood poisoning
results.
Enlarged glands must therefore be considered as an index of
a weakened condition of the system as regards power of resistance
to certain inflammation producing bacteria.