shining corpuscles. I asked the pair to go to Hoskins and give me their opinion upon what he had to show
them. In a little while they returned, somewhat annoyed and mystified. Hoskins, they said, had spoken of
a "leucocyte containing a phosphorescent nucleus." They had looked at the slide but had been unable to
find it. Somers very seriously advised me to insist upon Hoskins having his eyes examined. Bartano said
caustically that he would have been quite as surprised to have seen such a thing as he would have been to
have observed a miniature mermaid swimming around in an artery. By these remarks, I realized afresh the
wisdom in my silence.
Nor did the expected changes in expression occur. The horror and loathing persisted, and were
commented upon by both Bartano and Somers as "unusual." They agreed that the condition must be
caused by a brain lesion of some kind. They did not think there was any evidence either of microbic