In a Death Gardon.

Hokitika Guardian, 26 September 1921, Page 1

In a Death Gardon.

BEER FOR M ICKOI.SKS I t*;illiml tti see a friend of mine -it his work tin* other day. lit* is :i bac;ifi< 1 be took tin* round hi** “garden.-* I »:i«• i * *:i:i are wry humble lm ms •>f ]> I:ini lif<*. M:my of them li:i\v not yet lost tin* property of heino; able lo mow ;i?oillt actively in search of food, hut untie nit! t< * 111 possesses tin* J£iven »'<»!- during matter which enables the nn> e hij/Jily o rji’Ji li is»*i 1 plant to i-Ml nil. nourishment partly from the :iir. ‘.My pints, ynll H’e." said Illy 7 ri«*iu* *‘ai\* mil like garden pl<" They wen* jini. They weie -kms tillm*s c(»nt;titiiti«r food for the microhms Mild protected from tin* bacterial growths lloniiiiH about in tlu* at mo sphere by cotton wool pities. Air bacteria arc enemies *i some of tin* iimrc delicate organism.', and if thes weie allowed access to t! f i same fnodsinil’s they would speedily d.st roy the oiinina! inhabitants. Bacteria a:v wry fastidious, and the picparnt ion < f l it.*l •* bill of tan* entailfar more Double th.an tlu* composition

o] the l.oid Mayor's banquet. Their brot.’i, I'm instance, is clear as i-rysPi!. and every ingredient is weig'ied out with seioiitilir cxaciiiude! The aeidiry ot Die I'o. d must lie regulated to a certain point. ot li.-i-w i-c the broib w il: ■ lisagn-e and lie- baeleiia wdi no Many spi'cial "soils" must be pupated if < no wis'a.s lo grow a vaiietx of organi-ius egg prepa iat ions, broths coiitaiiiing bile. libind, certain sugats and for some of tin higher organism' beer I * * * * * "Manv bacteria ate quite harmless 1., man." bn; certain others causi di.'-ase wln-ll they gain lie. ess id th. body. This crinkled growth a in i f lid. -rele bacilli, w liieli probably e.-ins' mme incapacity and death than an\ ot li -r single muse nl human disable nieiii. T'm l giev smear is a cult tin- o Iy pi mid bacilli • here i- a -bed’ of plagu all lie- way limn Roniba.v. and that ia cliolera ciillmo Irmn Shanghai." M v friend showing me mum! was handling I lies,* tubes lull nl polelltia ill.'lilies with a fti-edoin that made in shives.

• ■'!"i: 1 1 red growtlif That is a eulmie of the bacillus prodigiosns." Ib is-olatid Dial organism Irmn a drinking ■,valor. Il is a harmless m'gani<n' which is sometimes found in water and in air. The deep blood red enlnur o 1 the growth is veiy striking, ami when that appeared on bread, on certain no ca - ions, it gavi’ rise to Die "miracle” of bleeding bread of whie.li the I of ancient times made use.

We employ the organism now In tinciti"- sources m contamination n! wider supplies. The supply is first examined haciei uilugicullv ler Die pro sem-e of the organism. Should the or gnnisin be absent, a large quantity ol Die growth is introduced into tlu "swallow hole.” cesspool. »r drain, nl lie ease may be.

Rerindieal examinations are then made of the water supply, extending over a certain period, and the appenraiice of the bacillus is taken n.s evi deuce of a eominunical ion existing be iwr-cn t lie suspected source of con tnini nn I ion mid ibe source nl wulei supply. •Tli'is cult lire, which resemblns ai invcrteil lit* tree, is a stab culture ol tin- anthrax bacillus in gelatine. This paiticiilar organism was found in a shaving brush. It is not a common cause of illness in man, lull when be does become infected be is general!Tcry severely ill. The disease occur: most commonly among those who wort with hides and skins. es]>ccially tlins. imporlcd 1 1 mn the Ensl."

-ip co forbids me from mentioning more ef vDiai I saw, uml as I l"l! ” occurred to me that : "There are more things ill heaven and earth, Horatio, Thau are dreamt ot in your philosophy.”