Images in Clinical Medicine

Kim Eagle, M.D., Editor

California Bigfoot

Dorothy F. Bainton, M.D.

N Engl J Med 1994; 331:1693December 22, 1994

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Figure 1 California Bigfoot.

An electron micrograph shows a neutrophilic leukocyte from an acute bacterial inflammatory reaction in the peritoneal cavity of a rabbit. Two segments of the nucleus can be seen, as well as a cytoplasm full of granules that contain antibacterial and lysosomal enzymes (x12,000).

Kim Eagle, M.D.

Dorothy F. Bainton, M.D.
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143