An examination of the theory of aërial dissemination of small-pox infection / by Montague D. Makuna.

  • Makuna, Montague D.
Date:
1884
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Credit: An examination of the theory of aërial dissemination of small-pox infection / by Montague D. Makuna. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    G4 other commonplace modes — asks us to believe in his statistics, calculations, and arguments, and join him in enunciating the hypothesis of aerial infection, stamped with the authority of the Local Government Board, as a compromise with the agitators against the metropolitan small-pox hospitals, and thus end the protracted litigations of the managers of the hospitals. His conclusions might satisfy, as they have satisfied, the legal mind, but that cannot be considered a solution of the scientific problem. Mere negation of facts is not scientific evidence. I have placed before the readers all the facts I can command, and I ask them whether they are prepared to accept Mr. Power’s nine conclusions quoted above. I for one look upon his theory and arguments, speculative as they are, as not applicable to the years 1877-80 and contrary to facts and my experience.