So serious was this obstacle, that it seemed that we must leave other men more favourably situated to reap the benefit of our work and enjoy the credit of our discovery, but a curious chance gave us exactly what we were in search of, at the instant when we were about to despair.

It was Yorke-Bannerman who came to me in my laboratory one day to tell me that he had in his private practice the very condition of which we were in search.
"'The patient,' said he, 'is my uncle, Admiral Scott Prideaux.' "'Your uncle!' I cried, in amazement.

'But how came he to develop such a condition ?' "'His last commission in the Navy was spent upon the Malabar Coast, where the disease is endemic.

There can be do doubt that it has been latent in his system ever since, and that the irritability of temper and indecision of character, of which his family have so often had to complain, were really among the symptoms of his complaint.' "I examined the Admiral in consultation with my colleague, and I confirmed his diagnosis.

But, to my surprise, Yorke-Bannerman showed the most invincible and reprehensible objection to experiment upon his relative.