Medical " Science 



Wright was reported in the Times of the 

 3ist March, 1915, to have said: 



u The ordinary man who applied anti- 

 septics said antiseptics killed microbes. 

 But there were interesting experiments 

 which showed that the addition of anti- 

 septics to microbes in certain proportions 

 caused the microbes to multiply." 



It certainly is perplexing to u the ordinary 

 man " to find one extraordinary man of 

 Science ex'tolled for discovering a germicide 

 which another extraordinary man of Science 

 declares is a germ multiplier ! 



"The ordinary man" for whose ignorance 

 Sir Almroth expresses his contempt, believes 

 on evidence that satisfies his unscientific 

 mind that cleanliness of the body contributes 

 to the preservation of health. 



But Science in the august person of this 

 adviser of the War Office informs a be- 

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