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Occupying very much space. It lie true. but
forming o somewhat exclusive set. Their
presence here has been Kept a profound secret
outside q circle OF medical experts. One might
imagine that the Rrewsoms. grinning spectre
would burst out laughing II this publication
should chance to be the first intimation he has
that his invisible hosts are finding fearless well
come within our gates. Welcomed they surely
are. delicetely nursed in q gelatinous covering.
kept at q steady temperature. generously fed
on palatable viands. all comfortably quartered
In the Government laboratories.
But ~ the cholera spectre imagines that
these retainers Of his have been loft free to
wander about among us at their own sweet
will he Is badly mistaken. They are in fact
prisoners, these several odd billions OF bscilli
from Asia. They are welcomed and boarded
not for their intrinsic virtues. but for what
they may be Induced to reveal to the powerful
eve OF science. under whose strict surveillance
they are kept. Indeed. their constitutionals
have been rlgidly limited. Beyond the field OF
microscopic vision. the confines OF sealed glass
tubes, or an occasional trip into the stomach Of
a live rabbit or guinea pig. whence they or
their progeny are once more corralled under
the microscopes lens. they have not enjoyed
the freedom Of the city.
WILL A CHOLERA VACCINE BE FoUND2
Famous ARCHAEOLOGICAL specialists have had
their eyes to the microscopes while these
much. magniled prisoners OF war have passed
in review under the varying tests and condi-
lions imposed. An important investigation Is
in progress. The scientists are aiming to
solve the riddle OF q cholera vaccine virus that
shall give humanity immunity from the ter
rible disease. The opinion prevails among
them that they will succeed. DIR. William
Gray. in charge Of the laboratory Of the Army
Medical Museum. does not hesitate to express
the conviction that they have practically sue
ceeded already. His opinion is that II cholera
becomes epidemic in America this year vac
cination will be resorted to-. and with success:
which It Is best wisdom to apply" says, Prot.
Theobald Smith. chief OF the Animal Industry
Bureau Of the Agricultural Department. con-
aiderinR the fact that the home OF the disease
Il 80 fer away from ny o. central Asia. l mean
and municipal guarantees. But 1t is not i'm
probable that cholera vaccination may be sue
cessfully. attained before long that will pro-
vide the pound Of cure"
tb oyer ns and BE- se o5ts,n any n is tb ssie inxesti sssplts
however, without doubt Q good. many people
would like to know something OF the process -
how the thing is done. why It is not danger
Gus business. what o cholera germ looks like
or t h9T ~ II behaves and how an animal is inoeu-
"A plnkish. worm-like speck. smaller than
tho smallest pinhead. That is exactly what
the genuine Asiatic cholera bacillus looks like
when You see it a thousand times its real size
tests to prove It's claim to the title. "a culture
OF the cholera" in the Technology OF the lab
~oratory. Most OF the cultures now growing
here were derived from the cases in New York