![]() The scientist’s wife, horrified by his inappropriate dress and hurry, follows in a third cab, with her husband’s shoes and coat and hat. He runs out in a panic, sees the visitor’s cab leaving, and hails another cab to give chase. However, as soon as the visitor has gone, the scientist realizes the vial of bacteria is missing and that the visitor must have stolen it. The scientist’s wife calls him away for a moment when the scientist returns, the visitor is ready to leave. The visitor is particularly interested in a vial containing living bacteria, and the scientist describes the power of cholera, saying what a terrible epidemic could be caused if a tube such as the one he holds were to be opened into the water supply. ![]() The scientist shows his visitor the cholera bacillus under a microscope, and they talk about the disease. The Bacteriologist has a visitor to his laboratory, a pale stranger who arrives with a letter of introduction from a good friend of the scientist. ![]()
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