‘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!’
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!’
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Language English ● Format EPUB ● ISBN 9788826004358 ● File size 0.8 MB ● Publisher H. G. Wells ● Published 2017 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 5126717 ● Copy protection Social DRM
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