Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1899 — Germ Killers. [ARTICLE]

Germ Killers.

It has been shown by Koch and othc:<3 that soap is a microbicide, or germ killer, and, according to Prof. Seraflnl, soda or potash soap Is quite a good disinfectant, not only because of the alkalis, but the combination Itself. Heating the water favors the effect. Resinous soaps are not the best disinfectant. Marseilles soap is Very good. A solution of 3 or 4 per cent, kills the most resisting microbes.