. The bee-keeper's guide; or, Manual of the apiary. Bees. 478 xhb bbb-kbepbr'S guide ; cholera, smallpox, etc.—are now known to be due to micro- scopic germs, and hence to be spread from home to home, and from hamlet to hamlet, it is only necessary that the germs or the contained spores, the minute seeds, either by contact or by some sustaining air current, be brought to new soil of flesh, blood, or other tissue—their garden-spot—when they at once spring into growth, and thus lick up the very vitality of their victims. The huge mushroom will grow in a night. So, too, these other plants—the dis
. The bee-keeper's guide; or, Manual of the apiary. Bees. 478 xhb bbb-kbepbr'S guide ; cholera, smallpox, etc.—are now known to be due to micro- scopic germs, and hence to be spread from home to home, and from hamlet to hamlet, it is only necessary that the germs or the contained spores, the minute seeds, either by contact or by some sustaining air current, be brought to new soil of flesh, blood, or other tissue—their garden-spot—when they at once spring into growth, and thus lick up the very vitality of their victims. The huge mushroom will grow in a night. So, too, these other plants—the disease-germs—will develop with mar- FiG. 261. Middle iSiage. Late Stage. Foul Brood.—From A. I. Moot Co. velous rapidity ; and, hence, the horrors of yellow fever, scar- latina and cholera. The foul-brood Bacillus, like all bacilli, is rod-shaped (Fig. 261). The spore develops in one end, which becomes slightly enlarged. To cure such diseases the microbes must be killed. To prevent their spread they must be destroyed, or else confined. But as these are so small, so light, and so invisible—easily borne and wafted by the slightest zephyr of summer—this is often a matter of the utmost Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cook, Albert John, 1842-1916. Chicago, Ill. , George W. York & company
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