New-York tribune., 1906-07-15
Use OF MICROSCOPE.
n.nond SO Great Manufacturers
Cannot Keep Up sUith 1t.

4 t. hurrs and bacteria, the manufacturers OF
$3.50 are complaining thaf they cannot
i1D. D.ce with the demand
- ,.sest development OF the magnifying glass.
-. vet carried TO completion. promises the
Go Of unseen things buried seventy-fve
- ss.per from our eyes than the strata OF
:. ..ss "a which the ordinary microscope pene-
80 This ultra microscope. as II IS called pre-
- IS vet only a very unsatisfactory image.
So that we're invisible before fash up under
.-,rinreneut OF the strong ray OF light that is
m. their nature is quite indistinguishable.
- aupear only as blurs Yet the knowledge
- - .gfher vision exists is squirting the inventor
= -rrsue and establish H.
,l..rrirae il is in the field OF medicine that the
-.,ope as we now have It is dong the greatest
- ,-oet sensational things Thus. its latest md,
= -.-nn Of hydrophobia. has created all at once
..,rs in the method OF treatment OF that dis
- The patient who has been bitten by pre-
-.t1v mad dog is henceforth freed from the long
- ~ SUSPENSE that waited the results Of
s--,e- method Of inoculating a rabbit with the
-. ~ the dog Now that the germ IS known. its
.,,e or absence may be detected at once by
r.o.copie examination of the brain substance OF
=. sueced mad dog. and the sufferer either imme-
.,y relieved OF his fears or warned that he must
--r.rro the Pasteur treatment.
-. microscope is, in fact the up-to-date ply
.,ssn,s most useful tool Without It the germ
- n the origin Of diseases could not have been
.,-,,ra-sa; without il the everyday practice OF
.stcine would be hopelessly hampered. In such
lsborstory as that Of the POSTGRADUATE Medical
s.tool and Hospital. OF this city, not only is it
-.s5 for diagnoses OF cases in the wards and for
- meteorological training Of hundreds OF physi-
~ students from all parts OF the United States
~ foreign lands but it examines specimens sent
:, /. from al over the world and from the private
--aefice % the two hundred more New York
rhvscans and surgeons who comprise the insti-
inton's teaching faculty Here the microscopes
are IN full force on the glass table tops one for
ch worker and clusters OF test tubes stand about
h ths.r supports. together with bottles Of coored
usuas and au manner Of stuTs named in Greek
nj Latin Here. in cases. are myriads Of micro
sr0pic slides small obl0ng bits OF glass, smeared
uth Bacterial specimens Of the thousand known
,arlehes-and in q large copper incubator are the
dsady cultures in which the bacterologist takes
Hs great p ide the suburbanite his successful
BACKYARD garden
culture. even the laymau is beginning to
Understand. IS a germ growth induced outside Of
The human body by placing il in a medium favor
ale 70 lis development. Beef serum, combined
With geatirc. Is Tho conmonest medium. though
sr specific purposes potato is often used. or agar
ngsr k-oWn also as japanese mess. The culture
used L. prove beyond doubt the nature OF a germ
dsaase. A Hutle pathological material from the
parts affected is taken from the body Of the pa
aent by means Of platinum wire loop or a swab
q cotton. and smearod over the surface Of the
q
less length Of time the germ either develops and
s Identified by the microscope. or it does not de-
Feiop
By the method known as the Vidal reaction, en-
plJytd IL TYPHOID the culture furnishes a further
method Of Identification particle Of matter sup
posed bear the germ Of typhoid is taken from the
suspected patient and put with small quantity OF
lufe typhoid culture Very quickly any doubt is
removed by The nlicroscope, which, in event of a
tue case Of typhoid, VIII reveal the bacl cumped
iogst9er n single colony When there is no
Injection u ne sample OF material the microscope
broken stick scattered and separate.
TIE incubator contains other prosperous fam
Hes Of microbes besides the bacilli OF typhoid It
3 warmed 10 blood neat by q lamp that, Ike the
larnp Of the sanctuary never goes out and in its
Il Their snail glass containing tubes the deadliest
enemies Of humankind II ever death were to be
smear over the selatine II the test tube may mean
q myriad OF dlphtheretie bacilla countless
io specimen OF dipntheria culture II viii reveal
network OF detached rods, sometimes tied up in
square boWknots. The cholera germ appears like
larger rod criukled- The bacillus tuberculosis IS
like straight hair N detached scattered bits: the
l9eAJa| germ resembles pin; the diplocci Of
pneumonia are Ike berries in pairs. whence their
nare-and 50 il goes. each known microbe having
Equally practical in their everyday application
are ne microscopical investigations of the gen
sIal laboratories and that OF the city Board of
asa-lA water exarninations are made. and drugs
sl -ooas ara aaauIactures tested for deeterous
S-L-1lures Adllterated spices and teas are read
- detected by The microscope. consisting. as they
Z distinguished from oleo BY the arrangement of
=afQ e from Deei tat by their size
80 - shape In the composition OF cheap jams the
MICROSCOPE reveals frequent use OF dried pulp Of
sl-ss sne distinguishes real strawberry or rasp-
~ k,--~-S RON tilelr Wen seeded limitations
t- @ql.5erator must be subtle indeed if he would
j peb5stEate or chemical process divine.
-sIsr reveals under the microscope whether it
4 by the olIsIrZ- ~ -Eef- SToSI I,a.,e s,ece-a7
alen nlagnhed. but also by the number OF threads
being used 10 enable The eve to control one SQUARE
il le ga on
\ sollon thread is detected by the same means II
4 Present in so-caIled woolen fabrics and silk IS
| sAlnglished from rnercertzed cotton and from a
c1fss imitation made from nitor-cellulose. or gun
v.l.25 e 2lirlsl study the microscope has become
1 - assistant II IS used TO large extent IN
99ogieal Gardens OF PhiIadelphia The plant.
/ ~ was erected and equipped at cost OF some
/ 'l--larF Tor sick animals. quarantine room
r1rtsS Soittag Gus diseases are isolated and post
eSsoF sSs eFaPati2Rs F ina q+ Of tae food Of anil
i Iats., a quaint speciality OF that august bureau
l -s lne examination Of birds stomachs 70 dis
| 5si VIZ species eat what berries and insects.
1 rne5 br- ~ ascertain tne several amounts con-
! - ~ each and thereby 10 determine the eco
| ~s--nlsrs Tie food OF fishes is also the object
- .-5oscopicaI solieitude, and the water in which
1 - eIe encouraged 10 breed Is subjected to eX-
SS. from time 70 time, in order TO determine
sssrns e , IS enough food IN the way OF algae and
az are sufficiently aged TO partaSe Of bugs.
H. y lne most curious uses Of the microscope
4 - By trains OF certain weight and velocity.
/ 1ssTTe5a9o that is IN use on the New York Central
3e--.Seo- An instrument OF complicated and eX-
] r-.y Delicate mechanism called the microrneter.
4 feaecnec 70 the Fail in such way that the pass
- lsln causes -ine 10 be drawn on the drum or
--lcroTneter. which appears more or less deeply
~-,slltec according TO the stress the rail. The
r--lon ot a rail be accurately gauged IN this
r-llisf and new rails substituted for those tnau
4 IL ASSy S 70 preak. The business OF keeping the
4~N q the New York Central in good shape oc-
-. the entire waking hours Of a ruicroscopicaI
4 -, who travels constantly from end OF the
I . the other in q private car fitted up with
4 -s4 apparatus.