Hygiene in an uproar

Oswaldo Cruz [leading Brazilian bacteriologist and public health figure]: “Oh! terrible phantasm! You’re back here again?! How horrible!”
Yellow: “Hahaha! Did you think I was afraid of your sulfur fumes? Don’t be scared, man! I just came to prove to you that I don’t die of scowls and to warn you that I need some more to close the door in my face… Goodbye! Hahaha!”
(O Malho, Rio de Janeiro, 1905)