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generally conceded by scientific men. If it is true 

 that by means of bacterial inoculations we have the 

 power of raising the anti-bacterial power of the 

 blood, we must all admit that Wright has really 

 given us the 'most valuable asset in medicine' and 

 that his discovery of a means of successfully com- 

 batting infectious micro-organisms merits to be re- 

 corded as the greatest achievement of curative sci- 

 ence and one of unrivaled importance to the world 

 at large." 



Speaking in detail of the work at St. Mary's Hos- 

 pital in London, which is now the seat of Sir Aim- 

 roth Wright's activities, the writer continues : "Even 

 a skeptical observer will, I think, soon become con- 

 vinced of the value of vaccines in bacterial infections 

 from watching for several weeks the patients who 

 return for regular treatment to these clinics. The 

 results in many cases are so brilliant and striking 

 that one can scarcely refrain from enthusiasm." 



To the truth of this estimate I can personally 

 testify. I have been privileged to observe at first 

 hand Sir Almroth Wright's application of the vac- 

 cine therapy at St. Mary's; and I came away filled 

 with enthusiasm that I have no inclination to restrain. 

 In Sir Almroth Wright himself I had found one of the 

 most inspiring and interesting personalities among 

 contemporary men of science; in his method I 

 seemed to see the inauguration of a purely scientific 

 therapeutic measure that should ultimately give man 

 complete mastery over each and every variety of 

 noxious microbe. 



Perhaps it is not too visionary to indulge the ex- 



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