GERMS. Ill 



Prof. Koch has been in the laboratory stage for 

 many years. Prof. Metschnikoff says "an elephant 

 lives three hundred years, therefore, a man ought to 

 live two hundred and fifty." He says the decay of old 

 age is brought on by poisons or germs, and their en- 

 croachment upon plebeian cells. 



In explaining immunity, page 31, the bacteriolo- 

 gists speak of the toxiphoric cells, and explain why 

 hens do not have lockjaw. I wonder if they ever heard 

 of the plebeian cells ? Dr. Metschnikoff says that each 

 of the different organs requires a different serum, there- 

 fore there will be a series of these serums. In closing 

 the professor is quoted as saying, that "scientifically 

 the possibility of prolonging human life is established, 

 practically God only knows when we shall discover it." 



Scientifically Prof. Koch has been curing consump- 

 tion for many years, practically God only knows when 

 he will discovery the secret. Is it any wonder that 

 Dr. MetschnikofFs followers fail to come to his sup- 

 port? 



Prof. Pasteur. 



Many people in this country have heard of Prof. 

 Pasteur. This professor was a Frenchman, and did 

 not propose to sit idly by and let his neighbor Metsch- 

 nikoff absorb all the glory; for it is reported that 

 at the Pasteur Institute a series of serums have been 

 discovered, each of which is designed to regenerate 

 some particular organ and prolong human life. 



We have heard much of Prof. Pasteur's treatment 

 for hydrophobia, yet he has probably never cured a 



