Scientific Cock-a-doodle 



One would like to ask Dr A. E. Vipond 

 whether he has ever seen this busy little 

 bacillus producing toxins, and how many dis- 

 tinct and several toxins he projects into what- 

 ever it is that surrounds him ? Does he shoot 

 one toxin from under his tongue like a ser- 

 pent, and does he eject another toxin from 

 under his tail like a wasp? Does he vomit 

 one evil matter up his throat, and does he 

 emit another into his envelope with excretions ? 

 Does he exhale one mephitic poison from his 

 lungs and exude another in perspiration from 

 his pores? 



Can Dr A. E. Vipond really show us those 

 different and several toxins, either in a bottle, 

 or on the end of a needle, or between the 

 glasses of a microscope ? Or is he really dis- 

 playing the usual confusion of mind, and care- 

 lessness of statement characteristic of men of 

 Science, and is he really quite unable to 

 afford any evidence whatever of thes e numer- 

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