Twenty Thousand Devils Playing Upon the Point of a Needle
It was a standing joke of [Dr. Chapman] to quote old Leuwenhoeck as having discovered 'twenty thousand devils playing upon the point of a needle' thus foreshadowing some of the most remarkable discoveries of the present day, especially disease germs.
Notes:
A quote from Leuwenhoeck taken as foreshadowing disease germs.
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