Priests: “Deliver us from smallpox, o patron saint!”
Chorus: “Ora pro nobis!“
Oswaldo Cruz [pioneering Brazilian bacteriologist, on the left, with full head of hair and mustache]: “Yes, sir! What a multitude of people! What faith! Before these prayers of the Church the science of the State is barred. I shall decidedly leave! There is nothing else I can do!”
[Minister of Justice J.J.] Seabra: “Leave ?! Don’t talk about it! We will follow the procession to the end.”
[President Francisco de Paula Rodrigues] Alves: “Yes… Yes… Because I am not carrying the Cross [Cruz!] of hygiene to Calvary alone!…”
(O Malho, Rio de Janeiro, 1904) (Compare Seabra versus Oswaldo)
Sic Transit Pestilentia 