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ANIMAL BIOLOGY 



show how a fearful pestilence is communicated and how its ravages 

 may be prevented." 



When Dr. Reed called for volunteers from among the soldiers, the 

 first to respond " was a young private from Ohio, named John R. 



Fig. 35. — Dr. Jesse Lazear. 



Kissinger (Fig. 36), who volunteered for the service, to use his own 

 words, ' solely in the interest of humanitj^ and the cause of science.' 

 When it became known among the troops that subjects were needed 

 for experimental purposes, Kissinger, in company with another 

 young private named John J. Moran, also from Ohio, volunteered 

 their services. Dr. Reed talked the matter over with them, ex- 



