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Show MURDER MURDERED : A PARAMECIUM . , , , . - " " 1 ; . MUKUfcKeu ' , y MY " ' " . . " K . . , - wvvyy - " yo " , + r ! " < "y y v _ ' ' Iffiflg 1 ' Civllza1ion'sGreatest CmlizaHon's CmlizaHons CivIlization's CivIlizations Civllza1ion's Civllza1ions { , r'1 r1 ' . BaHle aattle Battle Science Perfects ' 'Death Death ' Ray in m on l . BMicro-Organism BMicro Organism 1 OneCelledy One-Celled One Celled One.Celled OneCelled the - . Greatest Enemy , , " / .f f . # y t HP . , { . Mcro.Organism McroOrganism Microrqanism Micro- Micro , - . rqanism rqanismBy ! - ? .1 1 " ) . ' ? J JU JIn p } 1r U By Ey fly JOSEPH W LaBINE LaBINC LaBINEIn LaBINep LaBINCen ) tIt ' : : . . # - - ' - " - ' ' alaQEatorvengincer laboratoryengmeer laboratory engmeer engmeertIt en engineerfor g gY ) peer j 1L 1LF In the madcap 1920 s & a sober young married Dr Robert Roberttr RobertF -tr tr - : tr1L Y " y 4 4ames was a as aW ! ' s W for the Detroit : Edison IdIson ldison ; company veteran with anM an t ; i } 't t ' World war . , , a F James J ames was his name " ' y yDoctor " ' . of MichiganDoctor Michigan MichiganDoctor the University n : nequipped from M t D degree movedinto moved into mto an apartmenth apartmente apartmentequipped apartment apartmentequipped f < e James Jamese1 and Mrs Doctor e1moved movedc intorige which----i which i which h obsolete electric electnc e1 c refrigerator refngerator rige rigeapartment 1 f equipped emItted a musty rniicty with - - - an odor - They Ba MrAtdnMlike BaMrAtdnMlike _ didn't didnt ' l1ke like It tsothey _ so _ they did some some- someI . - I/ I Ir "Y.If Y.If YIf " / . t > r ; . / ' " I # thing thmg about itThat it itThat < - ) That musti must } odor is indirectly mdlrect indirect mdlrectly indirectly ly responsible for one of the thegreatest thegreatest thegreatest greatest steps in m sanitationprogress samtatlOn sanitation samtatlOnprogress sanitationprogress progress the world has ever evertaken evertaken evertaken taken It brought about perfection per perfeetlon perfection feetlon fection of a new and economl economi economlcal economical economical cal ultraviolet ray lamp that thatkllls thatkills thatkills I kllls kills germs mstantaneously instantaneously instantaneouslybut . but doesn'tbother doesntbother doesn't doesnt ' bother humans Its ItsI Itsmventors Itsinventors Itsinventors I mventors inventors were Doctor James Jamesand Jamesand I Iand and another famous sClentlst scientist scientistDr scientistDr I IDr Dr Harvey C Rentschler RentschlerThe RentschlerThe I IThe The device devlce called 'sten sten 'stenlamp ' steri sterilamp stenlamp lamp " has just lust been an announced anpounced announced announcedThe nounced pounced pouncedThe The new lamp has already alreadyshown alreadyshown alreadyshown shown its value in trialin trial tnal In InI installations installations I stallatlons stallations At Duke hospItal hospItalDurham hospitalin ' in Durham N C , it was wasplaced wasplaced wasplaced placed over the operatmg operating operatmgtable operatingtable operatingtable table immediately brIngmg bringing brIngmgabout bringingabout bringingabout about a reduction in post postoperatIon postoperation postoperation operatIon infections mfectlOns Meat Meatdealers Meatdealers Meatdealers dealers have installed it In IntheIr intheir intheir theIr refrigerators refngerators with a re resultant resultant resultant sultant decrease in m spoilage Bakersfind Bakers Bakersfind Bakersfind find it delays format on of mold on onthe onthe onthe the products and restaurants use itto It Itto itto to sterilize stenhze their glasses These are areonly areonly areonly only a few of its applicat applIeat appiicat onsSterllzatlon ohsSterlization ons ohs onsSterhzation Sterhzation Sterllzatlon Sterlization by ultraviolet ultraviOlct rad a t en is a far cry from the battiaga battle battleaga battleaga e aga nst micro organ sms waged by byPasteur byPasteur bPasteur Pasteur and Lister yet it at is merely merelyanother merelyanother mere ! another chapter in the hi hl.tory hltory hiotory . tory of ofsan ofsan > f san tat onFor onFor on For centuries man bel eved eyed ths t that thatall at ataU all aU diseases could be ascribed to todemons todemons \ , demons and millions mllllOns forfeited forfeitedtheIr forfeitedtheir their lives to ignorance before Van VanLeeuwenhoek VanLeeuwenhoek n Leeuwenhoek d scovered the tiny tinyorganIsms tinyorganisms , organisms plaguePasteur plaguesPasteur responsible for plague plagues plaguesPasteur Pasteur and Lister helped establis establIsh establIshthe establishthe ; h killmgbacteria killingbacteria the importance of heat in an killmg killing klllirbacteria klllirbacteriaBut > g bacteria bacteriaBut But even heat has its 1 I mitat mltat mrtat ons ens onsIt ensIt on It cannot be used to preserve peishables per perIshables perishables Ishables like food and meat fur furthermore furthermore fu thermore extreme heat destroys destroysglasses destroysglasses destro : glasses and d shes And most 1m im 1mportant important ir portant it is limited to small areas areasand areasand are ; and small surfaces surfacesSunlight surfacesSunlIght surfacesSunlight Sunlight has a stenliz stenllZ steriliz ng act on ibut but onbut its power is comparatively fee feeble feeble fcble e ble bleVh Wh \Vh Vh \ Ie le it has long been kno vn en vnthat enthat , that sunlight carries carnes some ultra ultraaxolet ' violet axolet \ bactenaIt lOlet radiation that kills k ls bactena bacteria bacteriait la it remained for Drs James and a : andRentschler Rentschler to isolate that small por per porI ( ) I tion pertion of the ultrav ultra v olet abet spectIum spectrum spectIumwh spectrumwh I spectIumI wh chIS ch is really reaUy effect ve ye To.use Touse To . To.usethe the kekill ent ie to Sipcctrum pectrum spectrum would be 1 ke keI I killng kill ng rabb ts is with an eleph elepha ; > itgun it ' * ' gun in 10 Dr Rentschler ' ' s sown own ownwords wn words So he set about Invent ng ! ameter ameter a meter to measure accurately the theamount theamount amount of invisible mVlslble radiation of ofany any anyselected emittedby selected wave length being bemg emitted emittedI ! I by his experimental expenmental lamps lampsTna.l lampsTrial lampsTrial Tna.l Tnal Trial . and ErrorBut ErrorBut Error But let s get back to _ Detroit andDI anDr and an i > i d Di Dr James musty refngeratOi refngeratot retngeralEqu refngeratOiIqU refngeratot1Jqu oftraviolet ultravlOlet uItraviolet IqU 1Jqu : pped with a knowledge of ul uI travlOlet traviolet rays the scientist d d per perfect perfeet feet fect a lamp which he placed mSlde inside ins insthe mSldethe insidethe the refrigerator refngerator result ng in m sterl steri stIizat sterlllZat sterilizat Iizat llZat lizat o 0 i a by radial radlat radrat on The q'he qhe ' mu musmell musty mustysmell smell soon vanIshed vanIshedHe vanishedHe He knew the lamp would kill bac teria terla bacterla bacteria but be he hadno bad had no way of knowIng t'o'w tow row 1 ' ow ' rnuch much rad at on should be ge 1 n 1erated crated erated for any given steril stenl stern zat ' on onjob job Too much m in ght be dangerous dangerousIt It was while WI-tile WI tile - coping coplllg w th this pi prob problem lem that 1 I e met Dr Rentschler Rentschlerwho who developed the meterWorking meterWorking meter Working at Bloomfeld Bloomf thet old N J the t vo men spent five years in ln experl expert cxiesi experlmentat expertmentat mental mentat on With the r meter 1 they tested tediously and pa nstakmgly nstakingly the effect ofvar of var ous ultravIolet wave ba ds othfOr cthPr upon bacter batter a and andoth oth cth pr fOr micro organ r F sms sins Fnany nany nally they found the right nght band nymcnt egmcnt iegmcnt mcnt of the spectrum i r wh t ny ieg eg I egI chbeen ch has been mj master mister st'r str ( ' ouslj ously ousli des gated gatedas g dIedas ated dIed as ase the Inventors 01 of the amazing Rent- Rent Rentf Rentt RentschIer Renta - - f t a r Right Dr DrI'obert ag schIer schler James process whose ice bo box " , / ; I'obert Iobert robert ' F James Y Yhad had a musty odor and ( below ) Dr DrHarvey Dry Dryk DryHarvey k Harvey C Rentschlcr Rentschler Intcrnabon Intcrnabonally internationy ally known ray authonty authority authorityA 'F F S A ' y yt ye t e 8 t thzi hzi x y 4 4 4'T 'T T ' / r _ r S Sy y y nit nitx nityr ' ' " I x y yr e- e e7 exX - 7 . xX ' T Ti i I1TIP f ; _ k R i + g , & * Ji ) r t y yhow ) , \ How ultraviolet radiatIOn punfics purifies the arm a r in an operatmg operating room roomelimmatln roomeliminating elimmatln eliminating danl'er danler danger : ' of ofInfcc Infcc Ion from bactenl bacteria : In the atmosphere 1\ote 1 ote i\ote i 1oteth iotethe \ \ th the < . stenlamp sterilanp m in the cellmg ceiling the long lone tube II 1 1 e lights I ' ' I 2537 Angstrom unit umt band Then Thencame ; came months of experimentation experimentationunt experimentationuntil unt until a sturdy inexpensive meJ\penSlVe meJ penSlVe \ and low lowcost lov ' cost lamp was perfected Now aft after after ai aier : er two years trial tnal in 111 hospitals bak bale bakerles baletries enes erles tries butcher but .her her < . shops and soda foun four fountams fourtams ] tains tams the stenlamp sterilanrp is ready for forexpanded forexpanded ( expanded useMurder useMurder use Murder by Ultra Ultraviolet Ultravioletonly violet violetOnly Only a few weeks have elapsed elapsedSInce elapsedsince ; since the Rentschler James proce process processwas ; " , was as explained explamed before a gathering of ofsCIentists ofscientists i AtUat Atthat scientists in New YorkcIty York city At I l that U\at U at \ t me the death struggle of ofparamecia ofparamecia ' andthrown paramecia was magnified magmfied and thrown on a screen The first piC pre piCtures pretures tures showed normal paramecia parameciaonc parameciaone one onc celled animals ammals going gomg about the r rwork work busily unaware of the 1m tin 1mpend tinpend pendng pend doom steilamp stenlamp sternlamp ng Then the sten stern stei lamp was turned on The para me parame paramecca meeia mecca cia speeded the up r scurrymg scurrying scurryu to shiverand a frenzy then began to shiver and tremble stoppedand Finally FmaIly they stopped ed and began to d eWith eWith e With Withn n few thind theywere a moments after they were radir radlatlon radialion subjected subected ) to ultra ultraviolet vIOlet radla radia tion tlon lion every paramecium was dead deaim deadThat Jamesprocess That s how the Rentschler James process uorks works \ orks but let its neItS nits practical applicat apphcat s exam eeam ne n e on to our ev e ! everyday eryday 1 leesAt Ives lees ves vesAt At D Dike ike hosp tal sterrlampswere talsterllamps talsterrlamps stenlamp sterllamps sterrlamps S I ' , were ere installed mstalled theoperat thoperat immediately over the th e operat ng table-long table long table - long narrow lamps PS s that look much like hke neon Itlas It \ was \las las alas found that tubmg tubing bitena virtually all bac c tena terra in m the air about wound opwound the op open n supply and _ instrument ta to ] La 111- 111 , - bles were KlUed kIlled while 80 to 90 pecent per percent pe pecent r cent of the bacteria bactena in 111 far corners corner cornersof cornerof cornerof s of the room also diedHelps diedhelps died diedHelps Helps the Butchcr Butcher ButchcrMeat ButcherMeat ButcherMeat Meat dealers have found the lamp lampmvaluable lam laminvaluable laminvaluable p mvaluable invaluable Forced to carry from fror500 m 500 to 1 500 pounds of meat in m hIS hISrefngerator hi hirefrigerator hirefrigerator s refngerator refrigerator at all a11 times the butcter butch butcher butcher er has in 10 the past suffered great greatlosses grea grealosses grealosses t losses from spoilage caused by moland mold moldand mol moland d - ' dd and slime the result of combmed combine combmedhigh combinehigh combinehigh d high refrigeration refngeratiOn temperature and andhigh an anhigh anhigh " d dd - high humidity Low refngeratlon refrigeratio refngeratlontemperatures refrigeratiotemperatures refngeratiotemperatures ) n temperatures have been slm similarl similarlunfavorable similarlunfavorable arJy arJyunfavorable y unfavorable because too much moi mot mOiS mOiSture motture s ; ture is evaporated But with the thenew thnew th thnew e new lamp-\\hlch lamp hlch lamp-which which lamp - \ which gives little heat- heat heatrefrIgerators heat heatrefrigerators heat-refrigerators heat refrigerators - - - refrIgerators need only be kept sui s sficiently suficiently ficlently ficiently cool to prevent fiabbmess flabbiness flabbinessBacteria s Bacteria and mold are killed k led inmediately inmediatelyFresher 1m 1mmediately i imediately m mediately mediatelyFresher Fresher bread and cake is as guar guaranteed guaranteed anteed by bakeries where sterl ster sterllamp sterlamp -1 1 - ' lamp larffirms largefirms has been tested Two large lar larfirms ge -e e - firms used uscd the lamp to retard mold moldgrowth mol molgrowth mo : d growth on fruit cakes Before m mstalJation t tstallatron n " ] stallation stalJation stallatron spo lage of the cake cak cakamounted es amounted to about 15 per cent centfigure a afigure figure which dropped to 1 or 2 per percent p pcent er cent after the lamps were adopted - r ' rAlthough Although physical 1 I nutations mltatlOns mttations have haveproh ha hav havproh \ / e proh bited blted bitedattempts attempts at stenlizatuar sterilizatioin sterilIzatIon sterilizatio sterilIzatIonI sterilIzatIonm on n in m connection with farm products product productsI productsprogress productprogress productprogress : s progress can be made in this field fieldWhat fiel fielWhat d " IWhat What of the tuture f'uture future ' " ' ' ' Today the lamps are being bemg used usedregularly use useregularly ; d regularly by a number of farms farmsnot farm farmnot ds s kmgbut milkinbut not only in m to connection with m milkin kmg g but in to hen houses brooder houseand houses house housesand es s and hog pens One of ot the nation - s slargest nationlargest adoptthe adoptedthe adoptethe largest poultry farms has adopted adopte d the process to combat infection mfectlOn infectionFar mfectlOnFar predlcted prdieted Far sighted sclent sCIent sts have pre pr e lanmay lampmay dieted dlcted a day when the new lamp la lamay cop " may tree free us from the bacterlal betend worry of bac ba be e c tenal terlal tend infection nextappl1catlOn neapplication Obviously the ne next : xt application appl1catlOn of this process will WIU be beto willto to ! the atmosphere Itselfa itself a field m in which mwhich fieldwhich _ experImentation _ _ _ . . t * * Twr * 1S is I0 "ctlAliiU ctlAliiU " already alrea dy alreabeing being bemg madeThe madeThe made madeThe whithe the The vast variety vanety of fields in whIch whi ch " , lamp eventually eventualJy chp may be Jp a : p Jppl1ed aplied plied pl1ed less appears to be vntually viitually Vll tuaUy limIt limi t Today one of the best knowncosmetIcs knowcosmetics known kno know n cosmetics manufacturers in 111 the "e e " thecountry country is Rentschler Renschler schler James regularly using the Rent Ren " t process to toothpaste irradiatoothpaste and lIradlate irradiat e . . . . cleansing cleansmg creams j jTf SCIence Tf " " " whose .t-- .t .tfT * - - fT * g gifts ts to CIV civil zatIon _ . TWentieth . . . century centu centur y - - are * alrcady already aJA I gion glon Sion has hurdled hurdlcd fSuy le J e another b"1rrler b1rrler bmrri " er in its drive to make the worldsafe safe world a happy and healthy hve five hvej place to j ( ) Western Newspaper Union Vnin I I I aN aNinn | | I ; ; J On inn 11.11 1111 n . > , h I g : glas glass < " emerte emerge glassC.posed "cs cs "csposed C.posed Cposed ( ' -posed posed ' - . to tl U d.sea.e dsea.e dseae . ease easecot . Lomp comp ct1 etcly ( ' ] ' ster I t Izct tzed zct zed ! and thus e a "tcnlamn tcnlamn sterilamn check " for ju.t jut just |