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Show t 1 VMMMHMWMMaHIMiaMMMflMMIMnwHMMM AutUoptlo Uaslltle In Cola. It is a well-known ract that paper money is liable to transfer bacteria from one person to another, and thus to spread contaiousdiseascs. It Is also supposed that colnswhlch arc more in circulation than notes, might similarly similar-ly net as reuts for spreading1 dif.ea.se, and investigations in that direction were made at the Vienna university when Austria changed It currency to the gold basis. A report about his- observations ob-servations was recently published by Dr. Vincent in. the Vienna Medical Gazette, Ga-zette, in which, ho sUiteu that metals uct, so to speak, as antiseptics in regard to bacteria, or microbes, the fact ixdng that these mlflcroscoplc organisma have but a very hort lease of life while on metals. The destroying influences of metals increase with their temperature, and also with the close touch of the micro-organisms with the metal. At a temperature of 05 to 100 degrees Fahrenheit, Fahren-heit, which is common in the pockets where money is carried, the destruction of microbes occurs within three hours. The various metals used for coins are somewhat different in this respect, sil-er sil-er being tho most antiseptic and gold the least. Copper and bronze hold about the middle between the two more precious metals. St. Louis Globe TVn ocrat. |