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fession toward it and the theories advanced by Mr. 

 Radam. At first they laughed at his discovery and 

 joked about it. His theories, they said, were nonsense. 

 Diseases were not caused by microbes, they declared, but 

 were simply diseases. 



It is singular to note how slow the medical profession 

 was to adopt the microbe theory. Among the more 

 ignorant practitioners to-day, among that class of physi- 

 cians who have only recently accepted Harvey's theory 

 of the circulation of the blood — physicians who are giv- 

 ing pills and nostrums the same as their fathers did — 

 the microbe theory is still unbelieved. But among edu- 

 cated physicians there is not one who does not know 

 that every disease is caused by a species of microbes, 

 which vary with the character of the disease. More 

 than any one else in the whole world has Mr. Radam 

 brought about this change of opinion. By his discoveries 

 with the microscope, about which more will be said 

 later, he has actually proved that there is a separate and 

 distinct microbe for every disease. 



From their attitude of laughter, as the success of Mr. 

 Radam's medicine and theories became more apparent, 

 the medical profession turned to jealousy. Later certain 

 quacks and impostors began imitating the microbe-killer. 



From his laboratory Mr. Radam was compelled to go 

 to the courts. Up to the present time he has had many 

 cases in court, in all of which he has been successful. 



Probably the most persistent attack was made upon 

 the microbe-killer by a physician and chemist, who de- 

 clared that the microbe-killer was a poisonous combina- 

 tion of acids, which had no effect but to injure the 

 whole system. This attack was inaugurated in an open 

 letter published in a trade- journal. It was followed up 

 by similar attacks under the signature of '^M.D." and 

 other means of concealment. The writer claimed that 

 his chemical formula would make the microbe-killer. 



Mr. Radam immediately began a suit for damages 

 after demanding a retraction of the statements and 

 articles. The suit came to trial. The defence was : 



