Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 March 1885 — Koch’s Theory. [ARTICLE]

Koch’s Theory.

Mrs. Winks—What queer things statistics bring out. I see that the figures gathered by the Paris authorities tow that nine-tenths of the male vicns of cholera there were unmarried men. Mr. . Winks—l am not surprised. That proves that Koch’s theory is correct “Indeed! What is his theory?” “That cholera germs are easily destroyed by boiling. ” “Why, what has that to do with the immunity of married men, pray ?’’ “They are generally kept in hot water, you know,— Philadelphia Call.