The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-12-21
TAXES PRIDE IN
 MODERN MICROBES
French Savant Finds Mi crobes Living In Papyrus
 2000 Years Old
By c. V. mAR1.ER .

Paris. December L Specially There is a very angry savant in Paris. He is pr. M. V. GalipDe- who, it was living microbes in Egyptian papyrus more than 2O00 years old Instead of being elated at the fame that came to him through his discovery of these minute Methuselahs. pr. Galippe is ''sore" because nothing was said about what he considers a far more import ant discovery. viz: that microbes which living in ordinary papers, made in our own day. SUI v1ve the pulping, boiling and other processes by which paper is made. He also found that microbes remained alive in sterilized paper that had been exposed for half an hour to extreme heat. Little mo- tice was taken. however of. the two latter discoveries.i the existence of microbes which. if they could talk, might give "reminiscences of ancient Egyptian kings and describe the build ing of pyramids and such structures, was what captured the nuhlic interest. Therefore, Dr. Galippe is greatly an noyed and refuses to talk about any of his discoveries. Dr. Galippe lives at Passy. close to the Qualifications of Paris. There this recluse savant pur- sues his research work. The interior of the house is like an .overcrowded museum. There are real antiques everywhere. Phoenician statues, an cient prints. carved oak. abound. Soft carpets deaden every sound. Madame Galippe quiet self-possessed French woman. receives visitors and explains that her husband won't see anyone.
 "IIe is on the brink of another much more important discovery" she says, and works from early morning to late at night He is here until noon. when he gets a hastv lunch and starts off for his laboratory, where the prac- tical work is carried out. He is devot- ing his life and his money to science and detests publicity of any sort.
 Here is a translation of some of the striking passages of Dr. Galippe's report which caused such commotion:
 The presence Of micro-organisms in different sorts Of paper now in use is not surprising, although it was generally be- lieved that all microbes were destroyed during the varlous processes of paper making. Weshave been able to prove the contrary. For the experiments Cat the Academy of Sciences) we use steri1ized paper, exposed for half an hour to 120 degrees centigrade of heat, and, upon ex animation, it Is found that this paper. particularly n it's fibre. contains a large number of groups of bacilli. They are found to be alive. when isolated. As re- suit 0. our observations, the presence of living clements in sterilized paper used for Altering is not of great importance when the sprocess (of fi1teration) Is car ried oui rapidly In the case of slow hl- iteration of organic liquids the case is quite different
 Dr. Galippe then described how pieces of paper were placed in sterilized water, and frequently shaken. The morsels were ftrie nd catr tor tUifh f. CT being again dried they were placed in conditions favorable to the development of microbes. After experimenting sue cessfIliy on modern paper the doctor tried specimens manufactured in the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries, and particularly the leaves of hook dated 14s6. Curiously enough in this case the free microbes dis covered in the book were found to be still alive. while those concealed in the flores of the raper remained immobile.
 Dr. Galippe discovered these first were microbes similar to those found in nus