On the Effectual and Speedy Cure of Influenza

[In the course of his address Mr. Crerar said that he had formed a new theory of the treatment of acute infective diseases, based on the "analogy of nature," whereby is meant such an inference, for example, that the earth is globular, from observation of the uniform shape of the other heavenly bodies. Applying this to the study of micro-organisms, he infers that their life and reproductive activity depend upon their inhabiting suitable nutrient media under fit conditions...