Who's Who Among the Microbes.

The average layman who is not familiar with a microscope and with its use in making a study of microscopic forms of life has little if any conception of the nature of germs and of the manner in which they cause disease. It seems doubtful whether he can be given such a conception without actual laboratory study. Nevertheless Drs. Park and Williams have endeavored to reveal this hidden world to those who care to read. If their imaginations are capable of projecting the pictures that the authors convey, they will have something more of an insight than can be obtained from the usual book. The authors know whereof they write because their experience has included almost every phase of investigation and clinical study. They find it impossible to discuss the subject without a highly technical nomenclature. Yet it is inconceivable that the subject should be presented without an accompanying deluge