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Show Whitewash as a Disinfectant. The value of whitewash in destroying infection has been investigated by a doctor doc-tor of the Pisa university. Ho tried the experiment on the microbes of cholera, typhoid, carbuncle and tuberculosis. Portions of tho walls of a room were infected in-fected with the various microlies and covered with a coat of whitewash, the room being closed hermetically for twenty-four hours. The doctor then found that the whitewash effectually destroyed de-stroyed tho cholera and tj-phoid bacillus, but the microbes of the other diseases survived several repeated applications. New York Telegram. |