"But how did the men of your school do, Doctor?" asked Professor Gray. "Did they do any better?"
"Did they!" again shouted Dr. Jones, swelling and flushing with pride. "Every one of them prescribed Lycopodium Pollen, which was the indicated remedy."
"How many physicians of your school are there in America?" asked the Count.
"Something like twelve thousand, I believe."
"And would each of them have prescribed the remedy you mentioned?"
"All worthy of the name would have done so."
"And are not all worthy?"
"I am forced to say no! not by a great many. Like every other representative system of truth, our greatest source of danger is from within. No chain is stronger than its weakest link, as has been said many times. The world judges us by our weaklings. Every good thing has its hordes of counterfeits."
"Well," said the Count, "I am deeply interested in this matter. I must hear more of it, Doctor."
"And I also am desirous of information upon this all important subject," added Professor Gray.