# Afraid of microbes -

A man who fears the influenza microbe buys an antiseptic spray from a pharmacist. On his way home, he insists on spraying everyone he encounters, including the police. A growing group of outraged people chases and captures him. He is tied up and doused with water.

- Kind: Short
- Year: 1908
- Runtime: 3 min
- By: Pathé Frères (U.S./France)
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Afraid_of_microbes_-.webm)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Pathé Frères (U.S./France)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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