GERMS. 61 



Prof. Osier says, "Armies of white cells rush to the 

 fray and attempt to eat up and destroy the foe, hut 

 possibly in vain, the disease runs its course." 



But if nature has created the white cells or cor- 

 puscles for the purpose of destroying germs, then, ac- 

 cording to "bacteriology, nature has made a mistake r 

 for Dr. Osier states, and all "bacteriologists admit, that 

 the white cells often fail and "the disease runs its 

 course." Bacteriologists should stop theorizing long 

 enough to learn that if the Divine Architect had de- 

 signed the white cell to protect the hody from invading 

 germs they would do so. Every germ that enters the 

 human system would he destroyed, hut instead of this 

 the white cells are the ones to suffer. Every abscess 

 and pus cavities are filled largely with white cells which 

 serve as food for the germs present. 



Do the white cells ever destroy germs, as claimed 1 

 by the professors? 



These questions may be answered as follows : Germs 

 are many times smaller than the white corpuscles,, 

 therefore germs may sometimes be found in the sub- 

 stance of the white cells. 



How did they get there ? 



By absorption, just as particles of dirt floating in 

 water are absorbed by a sponge. But there is not the 

 slightest evidence that the germs were alive when ab- 

 sorbed by the white cells. 



Can the white corpuscles furnish a secretion that 

 will destroy germs ? 



The secretions of the white cells in the human body 

 have the power to destroy life in other cells called 



