Show FORMS OP DISEASE GERMS harmless var et es may suddenly change the r nature it is common belief that the gerrol of disease flour sh only in the humal organism and that it we could anc eradicate an infectious malady it would stay eradicated it now seema very probable that this Is untrue ac cording to a view held wholly or par bially by many pathologists and strongly upheld by prof bodin dis ease germs are only accidentally viru lent their normal existence being what is called saprophytic that Is independent of other organism when one of these harmless varieties changes its nature so as to become parasitic we have a new disease ob has shown that many kinds of bacteria are very unstable and are constantly forming new varieties it Is poss ble therefore that potential germs of typhoid lockjaw or con ma be growing harmlessly about us to ass me a virulent para sit life at some future time lon don lancet |