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eyes of the general public, and show them how much they stand 

 indebted to our recent entozoological discoveries. In my opinion, 

 the members of the Committee of the Royal Society for the Pre- 

 vention of Cruelty to Animals, by offering- money rewards for 

 Essays, do very serious harm to their fellow-creatures — at least, if 

 by such means they succeed in putting a stop to those necessary 

 experimental inquiries, by which we arrive at a knowledge of the 

 way in which our bodies may be preserved from parasite-infection. 

 If they can prove that the human individual is of no more value 

 than many Entozoa, then, by all means, stop our self-denying 

 labours and investigations, and let the parasites invade our frames 

 at will. 



