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 methods. Already infantile paralysis is being hopefully studied as to cause and consequent cure. The same can be said of other crippling and fatal diseases.

The lay public must be taught to appreciate and encourage the devoted men who are patiently toiling in laboratory and clinic, frequently at the risk of their own health or life, to discover the secrets of disease and thereby conserve both health and life in others. They are the true apostles of the modern world. Our civilization owes them a debt of gratitude that can never be paid. If they are to be harried and obstructed in their fruitful work, it will be at the risk of ending all scientific advance. Any community with such narrow vision as to allow such obstruction will stand convicted by the judgment of an enlightened humanity.