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Show F At tlHtiatla QUnlltlrn til C'olirn v' ' "' It ii 1 well-known' fadt that paper money Is liable to transfer biioteria from "one jwrson to another, and thuh ,0 spre Id contngiouH diseases. Jtisulno 3Uppo.4d that coiiLH, which urc more in circalijtion than notes, might similarly similar-ly actlas ageata for spretuling disease, and iiftcstigatious in that direction were made 11 1 tlw Vienna university when Aa.tria changeil it currency to the gold biuds. A report alxut hiaob-cryatiuns hiaob-cryatiuns was receutly published by Dr. Vincent in the Vienna Medical Ua-zette, Ua-zette, in which he states that metal"? act, M) to speak, as antiseptics iu regard to bacteria, or microbes, tho fact being that these miseroseopic organisni3 have but a very short leas of life while on metals. The destroying influences of metals Increase with their temperature, and abo with tho close touch of t.he micro-organisms with the metal. At. a temperature of Dfi to 100 degrees Fahrenheit, Fahren-heit, which i common in the pookutu where money is carried, the destruction of microbe occurs within three hours. The various metals u?ed for coins are somewhat different in this respect, uil-ver uil-ver being the most antiseptic and gold the leait. Copper and bronze hold about the middle between the two more precious metals. -St. Louis (lloba Democrat. |