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THE BIOLOGICAL REVOLT



by PHILIP JOSE FARMER



The world now enters a new cycle, that of the antibiotics and wonder medicines. Good as these
scientific remedies are, scientists already warn us that the human body is beginning to manufacture new
bacteria, new microbes, which, in turn, create unknown virulent diseases.Man now eats more chemicals
than ever before.Our daily bread is loaded with chemicals; the fowl, beef, and particularly pork we
eat are all loaded with antibiotics.

In his eagerness to make money, man stops at nothing. When will the human body revolt and break out
in new, loathesome diseases? This is a serious problem for today's health scientists. The problem is world
wide.



1



'The dark lines of a man's head and shoulders cut across the brightness. The silhouette hung in the frame
and then bent forward to look into the room.

The figure turned so he would not block the shine. He looked upon that part of the bed lit by the moon
and upon a woman who slept.

"Barbara," he whispered.

"Barbara!" His voice trembled with loneliness.

The woman jumped from bed, scooped up a gown and slid it on. As she tied the strings across her
bosom, she wheeled upon the man outside. Her voice was shrill. "Go away, Bill! Go away!"

The recent presence of another man was obvious -a shirt and a necktie hung on the door knob. The
piney odor of pipe tobacco remained in the air.

"Barbara, I'm sick. Very sick. I need you."

She stepped backwards from him, slowly. "There's nothing I can do for you. If you were dying, I
couldn't even hold your hand."

"It's not true, Barbara." His voice was lower and more controlled, and his eyes were red and hot. "You
could at least takeone shot of anti-asp. You could talk with me without being affected."

"No, the anti-asp shot is just a trick of yours. If you loved me, husband dear, you'd not ask me to take
one shot for you. You know how terrible the asp is! Do you want me to suffer, too?"