New-York tribune., 1909-03-28
By Rene Bache


teriun the B1CILLay pans literally
translated, this means rod-shaped bread germ.
which originates IN the flour Unlike II other
species Of microbes that occur IN dough. tins
bacillus Is able 20 withstand the heat Of the
oven Thus in the baked loaf. IU qU-e KY per
vades the entire body of the crumb- As seen
under a microscope, It forms threadlke strings,
and the Crumb attacked by It becomes 50
Slimv that when a finger Is pressed into II 4nd
withdrawn the substance OF the bread Is pulled
out III long filaments-
Bread attacked bv this disease has q smell 50
disagreeabe as 70 be positively sitting. the odor
somewhat resembling that of valerla1l and It's
flavor Is most iIsagTeeable. " hen eaten -V pro
dUCeS violent diarrhea- Urtn recently the
cause of the trouble was a mystery, but the
bacillus. at length identified. was tna.ly traced
To the bran hylSkS Bread made from flour that
Is rich IN bran Is especially hleiyto develop the
ropy disease II IS recomnendet that Waen
baking of bread proves rOPy. the entire sJQcSol
flour on hand, whether IN household u- BAKERY,
be carefully examined, the Injected portion
which Is easily recognized. being thrown away
The Bleeding Host
DURING the Middle Ages greet r--lgIouS en-
II thuSiasru was stirred up on many OCCASIONS
by the appearance of a pheuOueuI1- l-trtbutel
10 miracle commonly spoken g- rs the bieed-
ing Host. There was no question 10 Us 'eiIIt'
and a suspicion Of fraud would nave been en-
j
ceremonial purposes by the church WaS tound
once IN awhile to be spotted and @tre4Aed VIII
what looked. at all events, Ike blood lt VIZ ,-l
Clared 10 be blood. and people -.~Sel III mutt NUM-
tudeS 10 witness the marvel lr-t---.-s--H paving
for the privilege ---
Nevertheless. rs Is now know. me STAINS '--
the bread were not those OF --0r 10 an ~
were due to the presence OF certain -nlcroorg4l-
iSrns which feeding on the cr----1. Secrelet .
red Coluring matter The U-,-..v --r-'ull'l,-
for the phenomenon II familiar ...-..---ee W -
under the name of ltTICr--l- "-.-tSi''s' u
miraculous little bail shaped ra--.--,iiii. ~ " -
pears not only on bread. causing --e 49,
but likewise on egg albumen on MIX anu %
rneats. especially IN summer and carry aus--I-
Finding lOdgment IN crevlCeS %. ,'7 lIISs 49, :,
loaf il soon reaches the lnterrgr ana, g-'E =
eating rapidly there. causes -et stripes u i y.
crumb Apart from SPo'ling ,'- -''N' ~
bread. II Is quite harmless r5;,,
Now. in the study of food diseases, ll'+-o-7
those Of bread, the method commonly a1oE -, -
Is to take an exceedingly minute l,-i-'lIl u -5
infected material. whatever ir may 'e. ~ 80
II in0Ct1late some SterihZet Eg-l--le N . 80
tube made for the purpose Sasn seI.-1---' -
cO11rSr As rhe. word "StCrILZat -LlpHSH' -.
tainS no germs whatever me iuue Is -
sealed with plug OF abSorlcill eol-,--' -
effectuaIlv prevents any Other iA-yll,' 5--,Les
from making an entrance t-,.- -.-1 - :,
transferred in the manner described pr'te1G ~
feed upon the gel4tiue. and t' l---lll'-t - v
IN tb. use ~ tins bacillus pr1ilgIosliS. Tor eA
ample-there Is formed bright rel p. ~ ~. ~ N
priSing many thousand specimens o. --'~
terium IN question: Tia -sf
This IS what Is called culture l57 ~ -
patch or a portion Of II NAV be tr'SirrT-ll, I, -
haps. from the culture cube Oh t'g ,I.-.--o .-.bsI
good loaf Of bread. and IT'S rpeTll..--s 49, II
at leisure in this manner ..r ne -
the micruJrgauISm Is studte-, .-.-,- y -. p tssr
tanned under what conditions PC ,-,f pr,-
and how II may be. most easily le~tr'HeI 81 - -
vented from developing Thus t5 aeloili1S ne RI,
Sible 10 inform housewives and u-NI-s INV
disease. of bread NAV be Jvuldco-
Ropy Milk
A SIMILAR method Is adopted WIZ
n IISa-tsss ,f brs.-f and with diseases s----