Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-11-14
THE GERM THEORY.
Popular Explanation Of the Doctrine
, Of Modern Pathology.
Minute Orgnui"'Ms which Propagate
UiScnSc--SucccsH of Professor
listers Disinfcctiug pro-
ccNs-''ssactcria."

r.r.i,, I,,',,.','I.,I. If li.,,y,s nf which
II b,.l.o, l,,.,y,,, r,,.., lone, time thnt they
au h,,o. cn,t,in rh,ro,t,ri.tir uccuIioritics
IN ,ris,n Tbny, II o,,, ont tu n,unni. ms epi
do,,,i,s ar. ara, a,,dni,ir in certain localities
rha,. oro ,no,,, ar less 60 Itapious. They have
81 t.ri,d of ircub,fiou-i g. n time during
which tLe pni .nu cnusiuu them lies, dor
mani i'm fine sy,t.m For instance n person
TODAY, exn1snl f., th, contraction of small .uox
and infected by if will own 90 fine first syup-
t,,,. of fin, ,li,.o.oI,y th, f,urtnorth dot.
Durino, This int.r,,I lotya,n tb, infection
aud tI,n first ,rthr.,,1, th, ,.i.nn was Igtant.
and ti,is interval j. Gallo line pnri,d of iucu
b,ti,r An,tLsr - rrIi,ri,,- i. tbot tbe,e
di..,.n. ,,,,, - J.,,i,, r,,ir., Th,y nro
seIfl.uitnl Tim. ,on o,oro.,o cn,o of an
infection, n,,I,Jr nr,vIad no conIplica-
f;,,. .,,,.,,,. tl, .i,..i..,, may f,r.tnI tLo
.,,,.t ,1r..,.f.r.nrt rh,n ono attack Of
.rr., g, i.,,.,.. ,.,,,,.i, ip.,,., al ir,,i for a
.rrr,in ti,.,n i,,.ru,,i =. l.,i.,.t "a .,,aoul
AItL,..,.lliprit.r seemed to point tn
some lul,Ioy.u a.,ai,t. which needed Il certain
,.ri,I f., ,nrnr y.,.,, ot u,at,,rIt,. IT d,ycI-
npp,l i'm tbo ,.,..I, .y-luut,m. nI,,,,. alive m
tho ..,,,a d. i..,nl ,iill.rl.ii n,I according
t,+,. ,,o,u mainly oire.t.l nuI tn fin.
ili.-.I,..,.y. a.. fin. individual
T-.., nru no. fine sam, a.,p,t caused
q1I .l... Ii,a..- was ll-n known. : ,uo
5ulIa..p. "a. Tin. \ .f1.i, cl. .,r.o ,r,,i,rd tn
bave spec,a, b,ur,iu., ,l9rc.. others Il .vcI.
lpd moiuI,- if favored b,. IN. drr,lupo-l!i j
If animal n.lI vcgetah, refuse. as for in
.oucn t,.,.l,i1 r.,-.r. ,uI o.r,i,. nthnr. nm
le.rrJ only whom many human boiu,r, were
collected in narrow rIoc.. q, tyul,u- ON
Loo-i nf shin. in ,,.i-,ns ouj ,inong soldier,
when in co,n, some ycrn known f. flourish
,oun,,. f,,,.,, ,l,r;nr tb, hnt ,uouths Ono
RoJ shown, itself always nttorliu,r fine
throat ~ diu,Ln,.io. ,th., fin, small i,,ta.
time. t,u1,;I favor. n,n tha LIur. unau-
mo,,ia or thn ,uctnbronns of fine brain and
SPINAL cord. cerebro-s1,inal fever while "A
yvhnl. Glass LaI if. Inoiu snnt i'm five skin
srnoIl-rox .r,rIatina. measles. rry,inelas.
.tc
These fact, were known and they proved
tbnt ooch infections ,li.eo.a wa. co,i,p,i bv n
,,nrLid ouaut nr its own What thot nurn7
wa. for. more than . ODO vcnr, no one could
tell Finally. obout fifteen wear, aao. il han.
uarod tbot several observers unticnd that t,.
the use of certain drug, called di,.nfectant,.
Soma of tLe.c morrill, AGENTS could be ST. in
Auenred os to diminish or DESTROY thai. in.
factions, ouoIitias If was founl that these
diseases s,r.,d loss. in fine oirsurr. nudin,r fine
il il ~
subjected TO the action of these disiurectan ;.
e,ne .ialIv carbolc acd In a hospital in
Venna anon, lyino.in women. n don,arors
disease called pnerperal fever had caused
sllch ravaoe. rs to mt in ieopordv the life of
every woman admitted to the institution
The iutrndurtinu by mammal rxnminatiun of
a nnisou which was mot tn he removed Inv the
most thurolrh WISHING of the hands was Sis
npctcd No uhysician nor any other midi
yiduaI connected with the hosuitnl was then
uer,uitte to enter the lving-in warI without
having urryipusIy applinl to his hand, n dis.
iufectin'r : ,Iution of carDnlic acid The con-
,euuaucn was fine stamr.iuc, ont of fine diseo.n
mo un,y cases hnunouinr
Dark rumor, of MINT, ORGANISMS fiat
were said to be contained in the uus TO poison
surrirol wounds and tn cousa fine deotb of tbn
iuJividual ouerated mon. about TINT time
c,1nruenred to mas, thrnuoh fine m .dicoI M
por. At last if wa, definitely asserted Inv
roli,l1. outhnriti.. flint .,ch u,i,.,o- ,,,,o,,
is,us had lrau f,,ul in thn uurulont di.
charge of wounds. Professor Lister then in
Ednlurrb. oLout fem ynors ooo made In,
first uractirol a nt,Iirotinu nr tLis di.covar,-
which then wa, SIN in il, croola and lool,cd
,u,n, with in,r,Julitv prnf,..o,. Ii.t.,.
+o,ti,,., f,,,,, tba ,,,iIo,,on,,I iI,., tL.+ II
,.. - '''
sum i,'i'' W 7"",'' "''o '"I eau Vi
h"fhld pu~ Ii'N Shpud DE totally eNcluie'
from every Wotnl th'nceio"th operated
only under spray of carbolc acid in Il room
whose air had been previously imprarnatpd
with fin. .o,,, Iru, His u,,I bo,J. a., WI
I,,,s,, - L.. .,..,;-to,,+, ,,,,i IN 49,, 80.
- "'' i'O ''' y"
mems ana "l'l'''i 'uuS uH'' were ul'ihlectci II
Nnhlltl manner. before the operation The
skin over the part tn he operated upon wa
also washed with such solution; while operat