Well, recently it has been admitted, that is to say, the revolutionists admit, a parasitical origin for these diseases, and in France and Germany there is an army looking for these parasites.

I am a soldier in this army, and to help me in these researches I established a laboratory in the dining-room.

It is to the parasites of tuberculosis and cancers that I devote myself, and for seven years, that is, since I was house-surgeon, my comrades have called me the cancer topic.

I have discovered the parasite of the tuberculosis, but I have not yet been able to free it from all its impurities by the process of culture.

I am still at it.
That is to say, I am very near it, and to-morrow, perhaps, or in a few days, I may make a discovery that will be a revolution, and cover its discoverer with glory.