Rensselaer Democrat, Volume 1, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 June 1898 — Microbe-Proof Dwelling. [ARTICLE]

Microbe-Proof Dwelling.

Dr. Van der Heyden, of Yokohama, has built an antiseptic dwelling bouse, supposed to be microbe proof. The walls this building are plates of glass set in metal fastenings and made airtight. Near the roof there is a small opening for the outflow of air from the living rooms, so arranged that no aircan enter-that way. Air from outside can get in only through a tube, whose opening is at some distance from the house. The air that enters is filtered first through cotton batting, and then is sterilized by passing through glycerine.