The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1910-11-19
THlS Oh HIS DISCOVFRY
Of lfI IIAI Kills
MANY

llS1:rsf iIfe. while i VS. death %
the bacteriG from which Erianlty
K nets IN aadftsen To the loss % my
rnother from cancer, I We urged on
20 MAKE an attempt at soasing the
4 staIbborn secret o. chemical activity.
by several accidents In my own afr-
ay. A serEant burned her hand badly
Z by spthing upon Il some carb6lic aelds
some valuable clothtng was destroy
lea by the tipping over OF q quantity
OF another corrosive 1iquid- One
lnieazber cane very near talSing q
quantity OF q wen known cresylllei
acid .preparation. and then set toI
work. 1t was no easy task. Science
had mapped out very little for a start
and the task was a dimeuIt one. Had
l1novn In the Beginning the extern
stve nature Of the work Involved, 1t
is doubtful if would have taken over
the attempt. For three years work.
ed. during which no lesS than IS at
Temps we're carried through bac-i
TterioIosical tests, and each time,
while something was gained. failure
was the main result. Working by
myself. nearly the whole time had
elapsed before had made progress
enough to be sure of the right road.
Then I went to work with renewed
energy in the laboratory of the Uni
veEstty of Minnesota, where I had the
chair of medical chemistry and box-
Zoology. assisted by Prof Frost, OF
the University of wisconsin. DR.. w. L
lBeebe, state Basteriologist to the
Minnesota State Sanitary Board, and
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minneapolis Bacterfological la1bora-
tory. who tested out my latest at
tempt. finally received reports
which satisfied me thet'I had solved
the problem.
Benetol, which I named the new
chemical. was found by the most care
fuI tests. to XIII the germs of typhoid
fever in a d-10 900 solution. More
stubborn germs yielded good reports.
and the summary OF the tests was,
that no germ could Withstand the ac-
ton of the chemical but were van
duIshed in a manner which showed
benetoI to be four times as strong as
carbolic acid. I think was made the
most happy. after a test against the
deadly bi-chIorfde OF mercury, for
had a chemical fifty times as strong
in rsabIe strength. that Is to say. benz
etoI full strenEth, could be used, and
ibenetol full strength is fifty times as
strong as the solution that can be
safely handled of the meTcalrtc chic
ride.
But this was only a fraction OF the
success achieved. had secured a
chemical working in a new way
against bacteria. waited with anx-
Iety, for the reports of others, re-
RardInE Its toxicity, or poisonous eff
feet upon vertebrates. When that re-
port came. I know my labors were at
an end on the chemical itself, be-
cause, as one examiner put II, your
benetol has about the same degree
OF poisonous effect upon the human
system as common table salt" That
meant, not only that the world no
longer need be burdened with ger
micides and dIsinfectants that were
deadly poison. but a far greater
Truth, that germs could be followed in
the human system, and fought there
where they had been safely hidden
since the world began.
1t may be diHcuIt for the ordinary
person to know what that means
America is a typhpid-cursed country
Used diligently. there need be but very
little typhoid where benetol IS known
Ten drops OF it allowed to remain {
short time In a gallon OF infected
water. Will make the water not on1'
safe to drink. but will make 1t bene'
facial as a medicated water. one droT
lin a glass will quickly Kill all typhoid
llife therein. True. the one drop car
be tasted slightly in the water but +
is still as good for queRching thirs
as the most sparkling spring water
Families using water so treated vii
not only not take typhoid from the
water. but the water itself will prove
a preventative by antagOnizing sucf
germs as have lodged in the mouth
or any part Of the throat stomach OF
lIntestines.
cholera and all germ diseases. car
be conabated with benetpl, by large
lfnternal~doses. For some time. there
thave been extensive tests made by
iphyzbcians, and benetol has been Civ
en- to drink in doses as large as tea
IspoonfuI in half glass of water three
times dIy. Against such solutior
! there Is no known germ that would
mot Instantly be vanquIshed upon CON
ltact. 1t has been discovered also thai
1.-THE penetrating power of benetol Il
tremendous ard have had fine re-
ports from physicians using It II
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