: H. G. Wells
: The Stolen Bacillus
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: 9783741211331
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: Science Fiction
: English
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&quo ;This again," said the Bacteriologist, slipping a glass slide under the microscope,"is a preparation of the celebrated Bacillus of cholera-the cholera germ." The pale-faced man peered down the microscope. He was evidently not accustomed to that kind of thing, and held a limp white hand over his disengaged eye."I see very little," he said."Touch this screw," said the Bacteriologist;"perhaps the microscope is out of focus for you. Eyes vary so much. Just the fraction of a turn this way or that.""Ah! now I see," said the visitor."Not so very much to see after all. Little streaks and shreds of pink. And yet those little particles, those mere atomies, might multiply and devastate a city! Wonderful!"