344 THE MICROSCOPIST. 



experimentally shown to be incapable of producing the 

 diseases they are assumed to cause; and that feeding on 

 putrid flesh, swarming with bacteria, as the Kalmucks do 

 habitually, produces no injurious consequences. These 

 objections do not apply to the theory of disease germs 

 advanced by Dr. Beale, while it will be found to accord 

 with the most careful and thorough investigations in 

 biology and pathology. Yet Beale's views have received 

 less attention than they deserve, perhaps because of his 

 pronounced antagonism to the evolutional philosophy, 

 which is so commonly taught under the guise of natural 

 science. 



