MICROBES.

Evening Post, Volume LXVII, Issue 148, 23 June 1904, Page 6

MICROBES.

« LECTURE BY TllK C'HIKF HEALTH OFFICKU. Tho Newtmvn Public Library Hall wns crowded lu.<>l night on the ofc^ision of Iho locluro by Dr. J. Mason, Chief Health Ollicer, on "Some Part.s of the World a* Seen Through a Micioscope." In a very int<'re.stlug and eloquent address tho lecluivr described tho iuiportance of microbes in the economy of lite. Only li Kinall minority were noxious; the great bulk wejv benelleent, Without their aid the vital functions would o«\*tc, for their Hh.sislance was necwisary in older that waalo mutter might bo made available fur plant food, nnd thnt the sub-stances taken into tlio htnmucht* of animals might bo digested. Each biu-illus had it« own t'lmi'Uctcmlic form, quality, and habit*-, mid bred a« true as tlw more exalicd organi.sni.M. There were, large, and Miiall lueleria. but- * lie term was comparative. Weie nn average microbe magnified lo the length of the letter *']" in Ainnll ! pi int. an ordiiiarv man enlarged to ihe Minn l .fcalo woulit l>t! four nnle« high. NumeroiiH ])hoiogmph.i of disvaw^ 1 germ* wi-re fliown on the and illu.str.ttions nf their lemiirkable dovclopnieiit when cultiv.Ut'd under favourable i ondii tions, nml their degenevutiim when hivtl W'ilh inputflcietit nourixknient and iv an unsuitable tempt-ratiuv and etiviruumeut. Tlw ixldn'M at it<t olrwse took an unexjx'cledly pmrttcal turn. IlhtMr.itiotks of nlnn'l wvne.i in the city. "Miupithotted" bj r otilccn* of Urn deparlmt'iil, w«-r<' nliowii--iui (•nutcii.torl corisumplivti spUring; on tho pavement; two WlieH meeting, c.iiefully holding up tiieir trains— Hie two iv conversation, their lrniiu> trailing — "when ladies meet," «ii<l the. lectuivr. "they always drop their «kirt#), and when they lift lluMn they lift ul«o wlmt that man let full." In it y.eior.vtiou almovt painful in itw earuevtiu^s, he urgod that all piwent .should unite iv taking nil possible precautioiw lo chi»ck the .spread of luberculo.vi«—an absolutely prevent ink* diaeas* 1 which could b> 1 practically et.unpod out m foil:* general ioii.s. A Jiearty vole of [ thnnk-H to the lecturer closed the proceedings Mr. .1. P. Luko wan in the chair, nnd Mr. Uarltrop presided at the hiiitirii.