A FALLACY.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 51, 23 November 1907, Page 3

A FALLACY.

\y ; common belief exploded. abotjt -Permanganate of. potash. ' '. Is.permanganate of potash a germ-killer? • .''A-gorm-killor! "• oxclaimcd a prominent authority. .-V Certainly not." . -Many:-, farmers use "it as such. , M .':F,or what? ": • . .. :■•'■•.:: .':W;eir,'for; bathing, a cut.'. } , . "It,, makes a, useful aseptic-.wash." ■ .They.use it; to kill any, germs that may' be-in tho:,wound.. ... :■■'■ ... ',Thon they labour under a -Huge mistake.":;' '/:•''" : . .• '_ ■.- . ;Wjirit:n;ot,prevent.lockjaw' forlnstanco? By "no'.means','- I know a man who gave lock-jaw :to two horses by a knife that had been .'steeped in-permanganate of potash all night:- '-If the fluid.-would not kill lock-jaw germs on • the knife under those conditions ■ it.cainat be.caiied,'a disinfectant." - .Sonic fanners use it for abortion? "It-is useless, for that purpose. The best to-use" is corrosive ' sublimate, as dor scribed iri ! the Government-report's." Then for what.is permanganate of potash, useful?—this familiar red. fluid that is worshipped as a perfect safeguard against infection everywhere? ~'.... "It is merely a deodorant, which makes a goo'd'''aspctic r solution with astringent proMen 'who rely on it to euro aoortios,^prevc,nt, lockjaw, or-safeguard cuts on children's feet,will some day rue their "foiiy':".^" -,■■. ."..-'