A precise investigation of some micro-organisms and soluble ferments, their chemical history and relation to disease : including also a practical study of the disinfecting value of 'Sanitas' fluids / by C.T. Kingzett.

  • Kingzett, Charles Thomas, 1852-1935.
Date:
1885
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Credit: A precise investigation of some micro-organisms and soluble ferments, their chemical history and relation to disease : including also a practical study of the disinfecting value of 'Sanitas' fluids / by C.T. Kingzett. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Nor must it be forgotten that, even after the labour of dis- covery has been got through, and we have joyfully cried (vpt]Ka, what are called practical difficulties are sure to come in of such a kind as to render our achievements in a utilitarian sense fruitless. For an antidote against infection to he of real value, it must be readily procurable, free from poisonous action, and have such physio- logical relations to the organism that it is capable of remaining in it sufficiently long to exercise its restraining influence on the process which it is intended to counteract. To discover such an agent is indeed a problem of difficulty. I have italicised Professor Burdon Sanderson's words as specially worthy of attention, but I venture to assert that the discovery for which he looks has been already made. While he and others are seeking amongst the very products of putrefaction itself, for a reliable disinfectant, there exists in Sanitas the agent possessing all the characters they regard as essential to an antidote to infection for general use. Not only is Sanitas a natural disinfectant and a mild oxidising agent capable of readily giving off oxygen when and where required, but it is also as well qualified by its non-poisonous nature for internal administra- tion as for external application, and so it can be used for the treat- ment of all infectious diseases which are located in the human body, such as cholera, typhoid fever, dysentery, ulcerated bowels and throat complaints, as also for the other contagious diseases which affect more particularly the outside surfaces of the body. With further reference to the internal use of Sanitas Fluid, it may be pointed out that, although, by the experiments described in this paper, it has been proved that Sanitas interferes with the action of pepsin and presumably other digestive ferments, yet the quantity required to wholly arrest their action is consider- able in itself, and much greater than that which is competent to arrest the action of micro-organisms. That is to say—the amount of Sanitas which could be given in doses for the treatment of such diseases as Cholera and Enteric Fever would not suffice to cause serious interference with the digestive processes. In conclusion, I have pleasure in making mention of the care and assiduity observed by my assistant, Mr. H. C. Williams, during the conduct of this research.