x SCIENCE FROM AN EASY CHAIR 



CHAPTER ' .ft 



XXV. CARRIERS OF DISEASE .... . 339 



The Entrance of Parasites Man as a Carrier of Disease 

 House Flies and Disease. 



XXVI. IMMUNITY AND CURATIVE INOCULATIONS . . 346 



Inoculation of Smallpox Antitoxins The Wonderful 

 Properties of Blood Germ-killing Poisons in the 

 Blood Opsonins or Sauce for Germs. 



XXVII. THE STRANGE STORY OF ANIMAL LIFE IN NEW 



ZEALAND 357 



Strange Birds Destroyed by Europeans Introduced 

 Animals. 



XXVIII. THE EFFACEMENT OF NATURE BY MAN . . 365 



Disappearance of Great Animals Man's Reckless 

 Greed Hope in Irrigation. 



XXIX. THE EXTINCTION OF THE BISON AND OF WHALES 373 



Drowning in a Dead Whale's Heart The Value of 

 Whalebone No more Turtle Soup. 



XXX. MORE ABOUT WHALES 380 



The Shape of Whales Enormous Pressure of Gas in 

 the Blood The Killer and the Narwhal Fossil 

 Whales. 



XXXI. MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT SCIENCE . . . .388 



What Science does not explain Darwin's Theory is 

 adequate The Aquosity of Water Need for Inter- 

 preters of Science The Exploded Ghost called 

 "Caloric" Nightmares Destroyed by Science 

 When did the Soul arrive ? The Great Silence. 



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