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and finds the so called typhoid germ. Does that prove 

 it is typhoid, or that it was caused by a germ? No, 

 bacteriology itself proves that germs do not cause ty- 

 phoid fever, for they tell us that the germ is only pres- 

 ent in one-half the number of cases, even their leader, 

 Dr. Koch, is only able to find the germ in fifty per cent 

 of cases. 



Bacteriologists know this to be true. Green's Path- 

 ology, page 326, states that the great germ-theorist, 

 Koch, "demonstrated the presence of the germ in one- 

 half the cases examined by him." The same page 

 states: "A very important paper by Gaffky appeared 

 in 1884. He started with the observation that the 

 germ had been found in only one-half the cases 

 examined." 



What caused the disease in the other half ? Bacter- 

 iologists give the following definition of doubtful 

 cases, in fact it is taught by bacteriologists in one of 

 the leading medical colleges: "An infectious disease 

 is one in which a pathogenic germ enters the body; 

 germs grow, multiply and produce poisons which di- 

 rectly cause disease, hence no disease is infectious 

 that is not a germ-disease, therefore every infecti- 

 ous disease points directly to a germ, whether the germ 

 has been found or not/' 



Does this prove that disease is caused by a germ? 



Win. F. Waugh, A. M., M. D., known at home and 

 abroad for his penetration of thought and practical 

 knowledge, says in his "Treatment of the Sick," page 

 417: "Ordinarily the inoculation of animals with the 

 typhoid germ fails to produce an analogous disease." 



