The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1916-11-02
Aunty Toxin
By r. A. Mitchell


at ALL"
I'm glad to hear that. Sam, prInci.
pally on your account I'm expert.
menting on those chickens, and 1t
would he dangerous for any one to eat
one OF them"
Sam looked uneasy. "wha' 20 mean.
Mars Doctor, by sperlmentin' on EN- =
That would he difficult for me TO
explain to you, but I'll try. Do you
know what an antltoxin isT'
mo. Mars Doctor. never done heerd
about any woman at all by de name O.
Toxin. know Aunty Tucker but .
don't know Aunty Toxin"
AN antitoxin isn't a woman, sam.
It's something to be given to head Oh
disease. We put something containing
the germs OF the disease into a rabbit.
guinea pig or some other animal, and
this gives II the disease. Then we
take something from the body Of the
animal and Inject II into the body Of a
person who has been exposed 10 the
disease. and this prevents that person
from having the disease. Having no
rabbits or guinea pigs, l have placed
fever germs IN one Of the chickens I'm
my henhouse'
Laws s-massy. Mars Doctor which
one oh de chickens did yo' Experiment.
onY
The little speckled hen"
Sam rolled his eyes about, at last nx.
ing them imploringly on the doctor
Mars Doctor, l reckon I been er.
posed to de fever. Can't yo' glib me
some OBJ de antitoxini"
what makes you think you have
been exposed to the fever?"
why. Marse Doctor. las night when
| was comm home from de cake walk
| passed by 20 chicken house, an
scr yo' little speckled hen settin' on de
roost. She looked so purity dat I
couldn't help putin ma hand In an
smoothin' de feathers"
That wouldn't give you the fever.
Sam" said the doctor reassuringly and
with twinkle In his eye However.
to make sure, Ill look into your blood
and see II any fever has got into
you"
70 look In ma blood. Marse Doc.
tori How yo' do dati"
Did you ever hear Of the Y ray,
Sam
mo. Marse Doctor, neber hearn oh |
de y ray. Yes, I did too; sor pic
lures In a book OBJ mans hand show
In all the bones"
That's IL. I'm going to look inside
or you to see II the fever Is there"
The doctor was a specialist, and ev-
cry one who has ever consulted n sne.
cialist knows that he "a aouinn.a
with devices for looking into every
crevice In the human body. Strap
ping an electric light TO his forehead,
he told Sam to open his mouth wide.
Then, putting lens In his own eve.
he held down the darkey's tongue with
an instrument designed for such pur-
pose and looked down his throat.
sam" he said, there's chicken meat
In your stomach" ,
Sam turned pale, but said nothing.
IF there was nothing the matter
with the chicken you ate you're ell
right II
But supposin'." gasped Sam. dat
lie chicken had de feverT q,
sam trembled. At the same time he
was thinking OF what the doctor had
told him
Marse Doctor he said at last. You
SAID DAT you GLIB de Fever to de chick
'n, uiul y" q
rs S
An you elD de 'hi'keh TO de pus 7
'oh "na hap peeh exposed 10 de fe c
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