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These cases are not "false." The reason germs are 

 not present in the diseased tissue is that, notwith- 

 standing the man has consumption, there still remains 

 sufficient vitality to overcome germ-life before they 

 reach the diseased lung. In such cases germs would 

 be absent. 



Bacteriologists cannot produce the slightest evidence 

 that germs cause disease in man. They can produce 

 theory and that is all. Even Green's Pathology, while 

 it supports bacteriology, says (page 272): "Germs are 

 believed to produce the infective diseases." Under 

 consumption (page 358) this same standard authority 

 says: "Fatty changes, caseation, etc., are probably 

 due to germs." Depend upon such evidence in court 

 and see how quickly you lose your case. 



It has just been stated that bacteriologists can only 

 produce theory, and following is the definition of dis- 

 ease as taught by one of the leading medical colleges: 

 "An infectious disease is one in which a pathogenic 

 germ enters the body, grows, multiplies and produces 

 poisons that directly cause disease, hence no disease is 

 infectious that is not a germ-disease. Therefore, every 

 infectious disease points directly to a germ, whether a 

 germ has been found or not." This is only theory, and 

 it is unnecessary to add that if bacteriologists could 

 teach something better than theory they would do so. 



Many who accept the germ theories do so without 

 thought or study. The self-constituted leaders tell 

 them they have made such and such discoveries, and 

 their followers, supposing the statements to be true, 



