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...also explain inheritance of germ cells through the genes, units supposed also to be giant molecules. "In any case," said Dr. Stanley last week, "it now appears possible to list protein molecules along with living organisms such as bacteria, fungi and protozoa as infectious, disease-producing agents...
Pathologists estimate that there are 742 organisms responsible for the diseases which afflict man & beast. Of the diseases which men are known to contract, 123 are due to bacteria (e. g., diphtheria), 95 to worms (e. g., trichinosis), 81 to fungi (e. g., athlete's' foot), 71 to insects (e. g., scabies), 56 to protozoa (e. g., malaria), 13 to spirochetes (e. g., syphilis) and five to Rickettsia (e. g., rocky mountain spotted fever). Affiliated with these nefarious swarms are 25 scarcely identifiable "inclusion bodies" or Chlamydozoa which cause a bracket of diseases including smallpox, rabies, parrot fever...
...That," said he, "is just something that happened after the Academy stopped growing fungi out of its ears...
Another student is carrying on experiments concerning the fungi which attack humans, known as athlete's foot and still another is working on a growth which attacks tomatoes. Every man under Professor Weston is carrying on some sort of research work. More of the new men this year in his department are from Harvard College...
Inquiries into the sex life of fungi is the subject of an experiment being carried on by Ralph Emerson 1G.S. under the supervision of William II. Weston, Jr., professor of Botany in the Cryptogamic Botany laboratory. This is the first time which inquiries of such a sort have been made. Already Emerson has crossed algae plants to form new plants, revealing what has been a missing link in evolution...