HE DRANK A GLASSFUL OF MICROBES.

Lake County Press, Issue 2137, 27 September 1906, Page 2

HE DRANK A GLASSFUL OF MICROBES.

■' I A good story of the late M. I'ast | teur comes from Paris, He was din- | ing with his daughter, and their < ; family one evening in their country 1 j residence in Burgundy. Cherries • j formed part of the dessert, and the 0 I savant, ate a good many, taking care 1 | however, to dip the fruit well in a 1 i glass of water, and then wipe thorn . j thoroughly dry before putting them i : into his mouth. His scrupulous care t I caused mild laughter at. the table, -'whereupon Pasteur gently rebuked 1 [his relatives for their indifference to - j the fact that, the exteriors of cber- ' j ries were covered with infinitesrea! Maud invisible microbes, lie then - | launched forth into a long argument, • to prove the existence of the unseen • j aiiimalculae, and wound up by ad--1 j vising his hearers never to touch > i fruit without washing it. A few " I minutes afterwards the savant, who | had fallen into one of his ti-'s of ab- • j stroction, suddenly sebvd the glass i i in which he had washed the cherries. j and drank the water and Ire nvcrobes contained therein, at a single draught !