Proceedings of Meetings and Symposia>Speech:  Atlee, John Light (5 Jun 1883), Opening address to American Medical Association, Cleveland, Ohio, The Chicago Medical Journal and Examiner, Retrieved on 2011-09-14
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  • Folksonomies: pathology germs

    Memes

    14 SEP 2011

     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.
    Folksonomies: metaphor pathology germs
    Folksonomies: metaphor pathology germs
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    A quote from Leuwenhoeck taken as foreshadowing disease germs.

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