Tobacco as a Disenfectant.
Some interesting experiments have been made with tobacco smoke to ascertain its value as a disinfectant. It was used to kill or reduce the effects of the germs of cholera, anthrax, pneumonia. The germs of those diseases were placed inside of a hollow ball, and tobacce smoke was passed through- a hollow passage way for 10 to BO" minutes At the end ,6f that time it was found that the germs of the true Asiatic cholera and of pneumonia were completely destroyed. This was true of all the different kinds and grades of tobacco used. The germs of anthrax and of typhoid, however, were scarcely affected by the smoke. As the result of this experiment, important results in checking the cholera now spread » ing Russia are anticipated. By burning great quantities of tobacco in infected districts it is hoped to control and to check, if not entirely destroy the germs of the dreaded disease. Pneumonia will likewise find a great preventive in the smoke of tobacco, and injections of it may be the means of saving many lives in the future,
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Manawatu Herald, 22 November 1892, Page 3
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185Tobacco as a Disenfectant. Manawatu Herald, 22 November 1892, Page 3
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