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powerful antiseptic, as it readily destroijs microbes con- 

 tained in the atmosphere. This antiseptic is fatal to 

 the lowest forms of life ; hence the reason that it arrests 

 fermentation and putrefaction. Consequently, it may 

 be used with advantage as an antiseptic dressing for 

 foetid sores, abscesses, sinuses connected ivith diseased 

 bones, etc., also for wounds. 



FOURTH SERIES OF EXPERIMENTS. 



The object of these experiments was to ascertain the 

 action of Eadam's Microbe-Killer on the microbes in cer- 

 tain waters. The number of microbes present in one 

 cubic centimetre (cc.) of the sample of water was ascer- 

 tained by Koch's or the plate-cultivation process. The 

 figures in the following table represent the average 

 number of microbes (colonies) in each cubic centimetre 

 of the sample of water before and after adding Eadam's 

 Microbe- Killer : 



These as well as the preceding experiments prove the 

 high germicidal power of Radam's Microbe- Killer. 



FIFTH SERIES OF EXPERIMENTS. 



It is essential in the treatment of infectious diseases 

 that not only the pathogenic microbes should be de- 

 stroyed, but also the poisonous substances (ptomaines, 

 toxines, or animal alkaloids) which they indirectly pro- 

 duce. If any substance answers these conditions, we 

 are justified in pronouncing it a germicide or disin- 

 fectant ; and such a substance, according to its power, 

 may be of the greatest value in the treatment and 

 prevention of infectious diseases. 



