 | 1844 - 624 sivua
...nature of these morbific particles. Professor Graham's hypothesis is, that they are highly organised particles of fixed matter, which may find its way...of flowers, and remain for a time suspended in it ; a condition which is consistent with the admitted difficulty of reaching and destroying those bodies... | |
 | 1850 - 342 sivua
...organic bodies appear not to possess. It is more probable that matters of contagion are highly organised particles of fixed matter, which may find its way...of flowers, and remain for a time suspended in it; a condition which is consistent with the admitted difficulty of reaching and destroying those bodies... | |
 | 1853 - 604 sivua
...possess. Again, the source of such bodies being at all times inconsiderable, they would, if vapors be liable to a speedy attenuation by diffusion so...pollen of flowers, and remain for a time suspended in it."s To these statements it may be added, that all Chemists now acknowledge that volatility is not... | |
 | Jonathan Pereira - 1854 - 1040 sivua
...Graham9 contends that contagious matters are not volatile or truly vaporous, but " are highly organised particles of fixed matter, which may find its way...of flowers, and remain for a time suspended in it." Minute microscopic organisms, both vegetable and animal, doubtless exist in the atmosphere ; but their... | |
 | Edward Livingston Youmans - 1865 - 500 sivua
...are highly organized particles of fixed or solid matter, which find their way into the atmosphere, like the pollen of flowers, and remain for a time suspended in it. The inconceivable minuteness of exhalations diffused through the air, which are yet sufficiently active... | |
 | 1853 - 742 sivua
...possess. Again, the source of such bodies being at all times inconsiderable, they would, if vapors, be liable to a speedy attenuation by diffusion so...observations on the largest scale have shown that the vapors of volatile liquids carry with them sensible quantities of all the solids which they dissolve... | |
 | 1853 - 560 sivua
...as to render their action wholly inconceivable. It is more probable that matters of contagion «re highly-organized particles of fixed matter, which...least so far as those soluble in water are concerned ; fur observât ions on the largest scale have shown that the vapors of volatile liquids curry witli... | |
 | 1852 - 592 sivua
...possess. Again, the source of such bodies being at all times inconsiderable, they would, if vapors be liable to a speedy attenuation by diffusion so...notwithstanding, like the pollen of flowers, and remain for a short time suspended in it." To these statements it may be added, that all chemists now acknowledge,... | |
 | 1853 - 748 sivua
...that matters of contagion are highly-organised particles of fixed matter, which may find its way to the atmosphere notwithstanding, like the pollen of flowers, and remain for a time suspended in it.'* "I shall refer to five of the disinfectants: 1, quicklime, including caustic potash and soda ; 2, nitric... | |
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... which true organic bodies appear not to possess. Again, the source of such bodies being at all times inconsiderable, they would, if vapors, be liable to a speedy attenuation by diffusion so great as to render their action wholly inconceivable. It... 