MICROBES IN HOLY WATER.
According to a r*>oent issue of thf* *• Philadelphia Medics! Journal,'' Dr. Abba, a distinguished baOteriobgisl, baa discovered "microbes in holy, water ita a number of churches in Turtle,"ltaly* Br, Abba rt : aruincd thirtr‘-ob« Bp«din»'tia tait©h frQin thu fonts in dittetfebt churches. Among tho bacteria detected, as alleged, were the bacilli of diphtheria and :ttth«suloria. Thf Sonolusions draWh by tbs physicianwere that the fonts Wore a means of distributing: disease. The article above mentioned »«» thotra to the Rev. leather J« ST* Connolly* Secretary to Archbishop Corrigan. After feeding it he eaidt “ It. sbems to me that ibe microbe theory is being brought drtVrn n> too fine a point* In all nty eipericnOo I have UeVor known a case of a person being tnade 111 by reason of Using the holy water b fonts. The fotals ahs'Cleaned regnlarty, and every precaution is taken*’’
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 183, 1 August 1901, Page 3
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145MICROBES IN HOLY WATER. Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 183, 1 August 1901, Page 3
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