Microbes, ferments and moulds.

  • Trouessart, E.-L. (Edouard-Louis), 1842-1927.
Date:
1890
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Credit: Microbes, ferments and moulds. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Gerstein Science Information Centre at the University of Toronto, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Gerstein Science Information Centre, University of Toronto.

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    of the beings in question, or could give an exact account of the function which microbes fulfil in nature. And yet this function concerns us all. The man -of the world who desires to take part in a scientific discussion; the lawyer who has to treat of a question of hygiene in the presence of experts; the engineer, the architect, the manufacturer, the agricul- turist, the administrator—all have to consider such questions, and they will find in this work clear and precise notions on microbes, notions which they would find it difficult to glean from books designed for physicians and professional botanists. The questions of practical hygiene, those which concern domestic economy, agriculture, and manufac- tures, and which are connected with the study of microbes, must especially demand attention. These are pertinent questions in such a book as this. There is a certain danger in vulgarizing notions of medicine, strictly so called; but it can only be beneficial to make every one acquainted with the precepts of hy- giene, which cannot become popular until they have penetrated into the habits and routine of national life. There is much to be done before modern society is practically on a level with the achievements of science; many prejudices must be uprooted, and many