CHAPTER XVII. 

 A newspaper's investigation of the microbe-killer. 



Since my discovery has been given to the world the 

 newspapers have published many articles concerning it. 

 As a microbe scientist my opinions were often sought 

 by newspaper reporters, especially when contagious dis- 

 eases were prevalent. Undoubtedly the most thorough 

 and complete article concerning the microbe-killer was 

 published by the New York Daily Press on April 8th, 

 1894. One of that enterprising paper's skilled reporters 

 was detailed to make an exhaustive investigation of the 

 microbe-killer, with instructions to spare no pains or ex- 

 pense in the completion of his task. The reporter con- 

 versed with many people who had taken the microbe- 

 killer, and then he passed a week in my laboratory ex- 

 amining microbes under powerful microscopes and ex- 

 perimenting upon them with the microbe-killer. Not 

 until long afterward did I learn that during his week in 

 my laboratory, notwithstanding the fact that he was in 

 perfect health, the reporter had actually drunk a gallon 

 of the microbe-killer in order to ascertain for his news- 

 paper whether the gas-impregnated water produced in- 

 jurious effects. 



The result of the reporter's investigations was pub- 

 lished in a page article illustrated with pictures of 

 twenty different microbes he had seen. The illustra- 

 tions are necessarily omitted here, but the article is 

 given entire : 



