The Idolatry of Science 



C.M.G., M.B., R.A.M.C., dated Tokio, 

 January 29, 1904: 'No prophylactic in- 

 oculations are being practised in the army 

 with regard to enteric fever.' Is that good 

 enough for Mr Paget ? " 



These unfortunate men of Science seem to 

 become mentally incapacitated from perceiv- 

 ing the childishness of demanding from 

 others what they do not supply themselves ; 

 they seem incapable of perceiving the dis- 

 tinction between what is evidence and what 

 is not ; they seem totally unable to think 

 clearly or express themselves sensibly : 



" And thus the blind for ever lead the blind, 

 While Dulness claims the scientific mind." 



An article from the pen of Dr A. E. 

 Vipond, in the British Medical Journal for 

 the 1 3th February, 1915, began thus: 



" The bacillus of tetanus produces toxins 

 which affect the nervous system." 



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