New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-23
TYPHOID GERMS N THE SOIL.
THEIR ABILITY TO SURVIVE FOR MONTHS IN ALL
wEATHERs.
From The London Standard.

WEATHEKS.
From The London Standard
The medical report Of the Local GovernmenSs
Roard though dated last month Is Just issueu ar.
n gives an account Of some important eAptI.nle
made 10 ascertain the ability OF the Vpnvyo ~
niiius 70 maintain its existence In organicsy poi
luted and in virgin soil ,..,,.,u o,,n y, ,x.n,y-
ono SAMPLES OF soil qualitatively and 9usntitatns
Nv for bacillus enteridis sporosehes, III osy,oss
go from vegetable organic matter. nor in otner
three virgin soils which abounded NOR !" "A
soi1 could the presence OF spores OF TINS mlcrovs
be detected: that In the case OF o.nsr ~, remit
Astounding in vegetable organic nattsr uys nm
edIv virgin and also in the case oil certain hn a
MANFRED orchard and garden sons, ors for The
most part present In relatively smah quan,,y, pay yi
whereas In every one OF other hVe sons az asrs
- Sour rnsnured garden soils these spores 49,
CT only readily found but were present ln gfester
relative amount than in similar solis " ns wien
had been found contain them - 49,, -.
Finally in sample Of SOL ~n oI,,n nno nv excre
ment and in other soil wnicn pr22nhX. " sr
been more remotely exposed 70 % css en,er,tidis
were found in exceptionally largs quanuV ,,.
, OF be typhoid bacillus in sterilized soil Dr.
Martin has submitted 10 experiment nine ,,, aua
tiona samples osss ar matter sustained while virgin
os nroved hostile to- the life processes OF tne MI
SOLE pnSs Virgin soils were hostile in the above sense
croo .h az not they contained abundance OF yege-
IA Die organic matter. In sterzeo SOILS me-
20 9s "a oixsys the soil remained moist made nttle
difference to the mcrooe. II maintained tseil IN
,ce sou al q degrees centigrsde iss Fanrenneiti
az The ordinary temperature OF the laboratory, ano
also under the temperature condiuons 40 sshed
70 is degrees centigrade) OF an outo'aoo, snr,
~ a particular experiment with sterile o,sanscay
polluted soil the typhoid bacillus malntan ,ew.rs
Ppota,nnca Cor as DAYS. and furthermore, tv".to
eAss y, This period this soil culture OF tne
hacilus after II had been dried ana po~usStssu,
n, I'm ytelded the ricrobe In viaole conniuo"'
md nresi,rua bly,, in viruent Phase ......~ .n>
.hjl,, ~ the typhoid bacillus TO MAINTAIN MAINTAIN. ns s,n
a. so IN which Il brought IN eompe,t.on h,,s
IN nher bacteria il yet in us ina, s,asen. %.
Ssne, ,resdv Welded interesting results n ons IL
nas To a mixture of the several stsril1fo s.rs
stsnve srs found favors bic TO the llie pfosessee
WIN S ,ynhod bacillus. and In which oscteris -
OF ss,s y - she baciu. coli group were 's,nsc
Ionsns .Soninant microorganisms. ne added pto.n
20 ,,ISrre on the typhoid bacillus IN me lsus, {.
cur n.ae.a the sample thus noclisted IN AZ ous-
door shed the temperature OF wnicn rsnfs x,
sSe experiment between degrees ana !" asxrfss
o. AZ the end Of atty days ne typnoid oacs,
-. ,acoyerable from this soil al the POM, ~
Which n had been lnoculated !, nag survivSo ~
~..,rs,t,on with the bacillus coll ana IKE micro
oy~an,sms but had not multiplied
The same report says Notwitnstsndins tnct
49, r,erioloQlst has since 1857 come 20 our ala
NAV be doubted whether we are yet In p?ssesston
~ laboratory methods for the prompt and certain
recognition OF uniform purity ana sAfe'y OK *s'sss