Show CLEAN HANDS the crop of upon fair ll anili according to the experiments of dr forster Forst cr of lie italian medical gazette there is no such tiling at the possibility of clean hands on anybody washed soap and water with carbolic acid with nil and any of the dis infect ants iu common use our hands will fitall remain scientifically unclean that is to say eliat a preparation called sterilized gelatine gc latine absolutely destitute of living organisms on being touched by tho fingers thus washed and supposed to be clean immediately develops living organisms acquired roni alio fingers it alio hands nrc in a dilute solution of of mercury or sublimate ono part to ono thousand parts of water perfect cleanliness i attained and no living organisms will bo developed by the touch of the lingers it is pitiful to think that we arc really so palpably biado of the dust of tho earth but it seems that wo must endure it since corrosive sublimate can hardly bo made the adjunct of our daily toilettes toi lettes and if it were then alio next time wo shook hands or took up n book or went into the street we should but develop a fresh crop of microorganisms micro organisms alie fact is that discoveries of shiow us if they do nothing else lioio and wonderfully we arc made and it wo regarded them seriously is we could cat and nothing we could do which would not make death seem to liing imminent in the air there Is one refuge for the and eliat is in whistling tho aholo matter down the wind keeping clean to lie best of belief and thus taking care of ones self letting the micro take care of themselves amar |