I questioned the nurse as to whether Walters had said anything to anyone about any injury to her foot.
She replied that she had said nothing to her, nor had any of the other nurses spoken of it. Nurse Robbins,
however, shared the apartment with Harriet and Diana. I asked who Diana was, and she told me that
was the name of Walters' little niece. This was Robbins' night off, I found, and gave instructions to have
her get in touch with me the moment she returned to the apartment.
By now Hoskins was taking his samples for the blood tests. I asked him to concentrate upon the
microscopic smears and to notify me immediately if he discovered one of the luminous corpuscles.
Bartano, an outstanding expert upon tropical diseases, happened to be in the hospital, as well as Somers,
a brain specialist in whom I had strong confidence. I called them in for observation, saying nothing of the
previous cases. While they were examining Walters, Hoskins called up to say he had isolated one of the