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ologists have taught the public, including school chil- 

 dren, that all infectious diseases are caused by germs. 

 Are they? Have they ever found a germ that will 

 cause 



Scarlet fever? No. 



Measles ? No. 



Yellow fever? No. 



Cholera? No. 



Pneumonia ? No. 



Bubonic plague? No. 



Typhoid fever? No. (See typhoid fever.) 



Smallpox? No. 



Cancer ? No. 



Whooping-cough ? No. 



Chicken-pox ? No. 



Hydrophobia ? No. 



Influenza (grip)? No. 



Diphtheria? No. Bacteriologists do not agree. 



Even Prof. Osier is quoted as saying: "Strange as 

 it may seem, the most typical of all infectious diseases, 

 smallpox, scarlet fever, hydrophobia, etc., have as yet 

 not yielded up their secrets." 



For years bacteriologists have been teaching the 

 public, including the school children, that all contagi- 

 ous diseases are caused by germs? Yes, and at the 

 same time they admit they cannot find any germs that 

 will produce the diseases? Exactly; every bacteriolo- 

 gist knows this to be true. 



Have they ever found a germ that would ever cause 

 a disease of the heart, brain, liver or kidneys? No. 

 Many people suppose that germs have been found that 



