insusceptibility
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Thus animals may prove refractory to a small dose of the poison of anthrax, yet Chauveau has shown that this virus will overcome all native or acquired insusceptibility when administered in excess.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
The insusceptibility to anthrax is often characteristic of certain individuals or families or of the animals living in a particular district.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Yet it is not untrue to say that variations in children, dependent upon heredity, show chiefly in the relative susceptibility or insusceptibility of the child to the influences of environment and management.
From The Nervous Child by Cameron, Hector Charles
He could imagine being married to her so much more easily than being in love with her, and he was a little vexed with himself for his own insusceptibility.
From Tante by Sedgwick, Anne Douglas
Some individuals are refractory to vaccination, but complete insusceptibility is exceedingly rare.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
