Show BACILLI AND al judged by the recent demonstrations in science aoi enoe as aa set forth by professor Pre fessor frankland in the century Cs the large amount ot sunlight which utah enjoys to la to be credited with much of the healthfulness healthful nees which exi exist t here as it la in effective in destroying thle bacilli of disease it has baa been a popular lt notion that the rays raya of the sun aun pro b mote the increase of bacteria and consequently fermentation pu tre re faction and decomposition andu and scientists commonly have held bold to 10 this thi theory notwithstanding the fact ahalt there numerous evidences to in difate a contrary effect j it is the attempt to reconcile the popular theory with facts which hal had led to recent investigations into the influence of sunlight upon bacteria bachert and which has brought the demonstration demonet ration of an opposite vi view to that formerly hold held this dem deml l on onet ration is that sunlight has a fatal effect upon bacteria especially when acting in conjunction 3 with the he oxygen of the atmosphere it was shown that liquids that become tainted or ferment in the dark re remain mallk entirely sound and sweet in direct sun eun l light I 1 professor frankland says say the in ID made suggest possibilities 11 4 of future knowledge and of almost incalculable beneficence to az mankind mank manki iud tid he cites the experience of two german scientists who recently spent the whole night from frolli sunset to sunrise on the bank of the isar near munich every hour houi they dipped up some of the he water of the river and ascertained the number of bacilli in ia a drop early earli in thi thea evening there were only a few eight or ton ten in a drop but they steadily increased in number until just before it began to grow light at morning they were most moot numerous perhaps thirty v in a drop with the return of sunlight their numbers began to diminish andi continued to do so no all through the day it already had been observed he be say that in certain english rivers bacilli were about three times as an numerous iii ia winter when days are short and often dark and cloudy re as in summer when daya daye arelong are long and more sunshine prevails the learned professor goes on to say that not dot only does sunlight tai us destroy or oral at least check the multiplication of m I 1 cro organ tome but it is especially baneful to those which are noxious to human or animal life and when it does not actually destroy them it has the extraordinary effect of radically changing their nature so as to make them innocuous or even actually benignant ni the deadly anthrax bacilek are killed outright by exposure to sun light in normal atmosphere dr palermo at naples exposed the bacilli of asiatic cholera to sunlight for three or four hours finding thew them still alive he be administered them to i ft guinea pig at the same time be administered to another guinea pig other similar germs which bad been kept an equal time in the dark the latter animal died of asiatic cholera la in about eighteen hours but the former charged with the sun cured bacilli re bained perfectly well not only that but it had actually gained immunity from the disease so no that subsequent inoculations and dosange with the most virulent cholera microbes mic robes had no effect upon it exposure to the sun suna ij rays had thus not only destroyed destroy edthe ahw disease producing powers powen of the microbes mic robes but had bad made them active and offic efficient ieM agents agent for resisting the noxious attacks of their still virulent brethren in this connection it may be suggest od d to housewives that the practice of many to keep their rooms darkened leet last the sunlight may cause delicate colors to fade Is an invitation to germs arnu of deadly disease to abide in a place of security until con editions are favorable for their development the scientific investigation noted shows show that by availing themselves of the abundant sunlight of summer days day housekeepers here bore could do a great deal toward guarding against diseases that exhibit themselves freely upon the approach of cold and wet weather the agency which bould give immunity from cli cholera elers to a guinea pig certainly could to be made beneficial to man by rendering innocuous the disease pro microbes mic robes with which be to is liable to come in contral contact sunlight is one of natures nature remedies and preventives of disease and in this part of the country it is easier to use it in abundance than to avoid it why not let it have a good chance to destroy bacteria in homes that these may be always iwais bright and healthful |