Lemonade a Microbe Destroyer

1895

Further researches by M. Girard, chief of the Paris municipal laboratory, concerning the bacilli of cholera and typhoid fever have confirmed the efficacy of acids in destroying microbes. He finds citric acid to be the most useful and powerful of all. One gram, be says, added to a quart of tainted water, will destroy all the microbes that may be in it. Consequently he recommends the use of natural lemonade as an excellent beverage at all times, and especially during epidemics. — Sanitary Era.