The Stolen Bacillus

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The Bacteriologist is the unnamed scientist who studies disease bacteria. He shows the visitor the laboratory cultures, explains the danger of bacteria, and later reveals the truth about the stolen tu…

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He appears to be a curious visitor, but he is really an Anarchist. He is interested in the bacteria because he wants to use them for a cruel plan and make people remember him.

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Minnie thinks he has gone mad. She believes his strange behaviour is caused by his horrid science, so she follows him by cab with his hat, shoes, and overcoat.

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A bacillus is a rod-shaped bacterium. In the story, the Bacillus of cholera is shown under the microscope as a stained and killed sample.

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Cholera is a water-borne disease. The story treats it as a dangerous disease that can spread through water and harm many people.

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A cultivation is a sample grown in a laboratory for study. The Bacteriologist keeps living disease bacteria in sealed tubes as cultivations.

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He is fascinated by the idea that something so small can multiply and devastate a city. His reaction shows a disturbing interest in danger and destruction.

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He stops because he has been told that rhetoric is his weakness. This means he tends to use overly dramatic and persuasive language.