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seemed more active, my hopes revived, and I began to- 

 think after all there was a method of combating the disease 

 without destroying the combs. I continued to change the 

 hives, and used Izal freely at various intervals during the 

 summer. When I packed them up for Winter the combs- 

 all looked nice and clean, and as far as I can judge,. 



cured ! " 



Facts V. Theory. 



Theoretical scientists, editors and others, stand aghast 

 at these conclusions which both begin and end in indis- 

 putable facts, contrary to all their own preconceived ideas ; 

 but they will not understand the results until they are 

 prepared to admit my own original statement, also born 

 of fact, that micro-organisms are the resuU of, and not the 

 primary origin of disease. 



There are not wanting those who say that the cases^ 

 treated could not have been Bacillus Alvei. In answer I 

 must say that I have not passed through one of the most 

 terrible experiences with the genuine foul brood without 

 gaining the most intimate knowledge of its character. 

 In the case of the cottager I had samples submitted to 

 me, and nothing availed him in reducing the plague until 

 he got my explicit directions as to treatment. We have 

 also the history of his neighbour's bees which died away 

 because the owners would not take the trouble to cure 

 them. 



In the other two cases given (and I have many others of 

 like nature I cannot find space for), each of my 

 correspondents had submitted samples to the British Bee- 

 Journal, and in each case the editor declared them to be 

 the genuine foul brood. 



riicro-Organisms not the Origin of Disease. 



It is a fact, not yet acknowledged by the scientific world, 

 or the medical faculty — a fact, nevertheless, which I am ini 



