6 MICROBES AND THE MICROBE KILLER. 



Such is the theory of the microbe that I gave to the 

 pubhc nearly seven years ago ; such is the theory that 

 was derided and scorned by scientists ; but such is the 

 theory to-day universally accepted, and proven, in spite 

 of the obstacles placed in my pathway, by long and pa- 

 tient investigations with the microscope upon different 

 so-called diseases. 



In the previous argument we have shown conclusively 

 that all fermentation is caused by microbes. Tuber- 

 culosis is fermentation of the lungs, so is catarrh fer- 

 mentation, so are rheumatism and cancer fermentation 

 — so, in fact, is every disease simply fermentation, and 

 all this fermentation is caused by microbes. This reason- 

 ing in itself is convincing, but there is more proof. Dur- 

 ing many years of patient and careful investigation— in^ 

 vestigation that many would have given up as an endless 

 task — I have actually discovered many of the different 

 microbes which cause the different kinds of so-called 

 diseases! There are the microbes that produce dandruff, 

 stone in the bladder (see Plate VII., No. 28, microbes 

 producing dandruff ; and Plate VIII., microbes produc- 

 ing gravel or stone in the bladder), gall stone, and other 

 products, which generally look like a sediment or mineral 

 deposit to the naked eye. But I soon discovered, after 

 preparing those sediment-like substances for the micro- 

 scope, that they, and in fact everything which passes 

 from the human body, is the result of life. As a lump 

 of thick, sour milk, when dissolved to a thin, watery 

 fluid, shows nothing but microbes (see Plate VI. , Nos. 

 21, 22, 23, and 24), so does the expectoration of sick 

 people, the pus of a wound (see Plate IV., Nos. 13, 14, 

 15, and 16), or any fermented matter that passes from 

 the human body, in whatever shape, form, or color, in- 

 dicate the result of small life called microbes. 



The photomicrographs I use to illustrate this book 

 clearly demonstrate this fact. In my laboratory I 

 always have living microbes for experiments, and when- 

 ever I find any special class worth bringing to public 

 notice I photograph them. The illustrations of human 



