The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-02
THE HUNTING or GERMS
AS a GREAT BUSINESS
The Industrial acterolopis Added TO the List Of Twen-
tieth. Century Professional Men--f4e Tracks Down
Disturbing Microbes and Tells HoWto
s%$ sss Get Rid Of Them. a
hands Of tho veterinary, tho san thry
engineer, or the farmer and his helpers

en aax q 81 ne Yf famer nn his Helpers
us the case may be.
Milk as been 50 ,,,eh r ,,at n apoas
as novoyan.S;e Or germs I'm, t l,I pf iba
my other hT Kid of rood probably. Yet
| tho Ice dealer is In q. position Mot. very i,
different from tho milk cotractor.s. ~. Iie
fercnt llnkeH ana ponds; lie cnnnot haye
personal knowledge Of tho condi ion on, 81 q
each little stretch Of wntor. from which
tho harvest ls cut yet II there y, a,,s a RI
customers hro quicls to place ttio Gplatlne
OH him. FOR him the Industrial b,,oiogis -,
puts samples Of leo from each supply, pon no
e az ins { Sss source n 81 SUPPLY sof
tho point OF view or tho ganltarnn. There t,l
nro il good many people espe;cialiy IN a INC
tthiin'g about where tho Ice comes from"
and the deulor who can tel lhem su ,nIt.,
thing nboutit and guarantee tlp purlty
OF what he sells Is the man WHO WI Be.S
tho trade sgs, WA s.{ y, /,
rho modern canning industry. W1n lis
embraces nonrly every imnginable .k x = 9,
OF food, owes quite q measure ,oiL,,.. ,.ds
present development TO meth0as hinInpi.
a eai depa sao of tic institute q oeh
5noioey Mr. w. Lyman Undarwoou, ,a uiru
Professor Prescott haye rr dfXo1na Wien
of study to us p9ehhtar Began pokers
fnund I'm In some mysterious way can
after can disclosed when nno openf ,e ciIcate
mass With no resS StnncS bo e. sen ed I'D
81 y fresh from the kettle md treated
with tho greatest care After ,s a. man, IMAM
Of experiments tne pl9 n
dnrInp the various processes and lay
a,iicscent until they had boon safely en-
closed and sent along to o. grocery st or
Of 'I gettnE rid OF, this objectionable litlle
crea tllrc IA and when they had round y
the Whole difficulty disappeared. 4
Canned vegetables were ut ono tlma
very subject to fermentm,,Ion !, Hnt n sweli
the tins In which they were packed Q.
even burst thom. This, again, was traced
70 Of thiggs have II" 10
Ks ~ s6 5als g o2 pz ~ Conditions have
arisen In manufacturing processes LII.
Involve alcoholic fermentation anu ~ ~, t,''t M
OF these, too. are now known 70 pp Wy
In some departments Of his work t i1,i,,
is sort of converse to the M ,rae nsn y.
bic Bio a man who has formulated new y,
disinfectnnt which he Is trying 70 sen &c, 70
drug houses and grocers and Is ANXIOUS
ntr9aueo to ooafo en q Xii li doors and
DESTROY some kinds OF disease germs,
but that It will abso iutely anni IN ...t
evcryySDrt of ECrf1.i inc InS sCiHh 70 ~
satisfied with any but a laboratory PROOF
and In the cupboards OF the Dio,chem ~ ca
laboratory are sets OF test tubes n when lG,
carefully nurtured on beef broth ana gclnss
tine, are nourishIng littlo colonies OF
MI sorts OF medic terrors--thc germs
Of tuberculosis. typhoid, diptherln1,, gland,
crs and tho rest Of the list. When ~
fisinfectant is brought IN for test, pac-
teria q are taken out OF each Or these
tubes and subjected to the LIQUID. I nus
lust what It Will do s proved conclusive
The Industrial bacterlologists, clients
include almost everybody from the pro
Queer through the wholesaler ana Joo-
nor to tho consumer He Is q most use.
FIJI ally for the physician who can n .i :,
n certain amount Of his inyest iga I'M
done by the board OF. health. of course,
4inns trf for his own satisfaction. The
branch OF this sort Of investigator =, saal
which plays SO important part n mod
ern criminal cases, tho examination o.
blood and blood stains. Is one OF, tho
neIds5 the germ hunter Is taking 70 MN.
self. Though he has but 5ust hung 1 .,ai
his single, so to speak, the industrial
biologist has evidently set a now pro,
fession going, one which will grow ana
spread no doubt, IN the same Marvel .T,ns )
Gus q shion and with the same eyceilGnt
results az the experience OF the industr1ai
chemist has shown. 5S &