This particular rabbit was a very large and vigorous male and an ugly fighter that tried to kill others in the cage. Within six hours of the tooth implantation, it lost all of its pugnacity and viciousness. In a couple of days, blood changes such as the reduction of ionic calcium appeared and the rabbit began to lose weight.



It may prove difficult for the average person to comprehend the concept that these deaths are not being caused by bacteria but by the poisons or toxins, they produce. To demonstrate these infirmities can be due to toxins, Price crushed the roots of root filled teeth, washed them, and passed the washings through a Berkefeld filter, a method which removes all bacteria.

What occurs appears to be defense mechanism to save the rabbit, but in these cases it can do so only temporarily because of the virulence of the toxins continually being produced by the bacteria in the dentin tubules.