Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 October 1893 — Now a Cold is Due to Bact eria. [ARTICLE]

Now a Cold is Due to Bact eria.

London Globe. Bacteria are likely to be blamed for all the ills that flesh is heir to. Professor Schenk now maintains that what we call a “cold” is really due to these invisible pests. When one enters a cold room after being heated, the bacteria in it flock to the warm body and enter by the open pores of the skin. Whatever may be said of his hypothesis, he seems to have proved by experiment that bacteria in the neighborhood of a warm body move toward it. The confirmed smoker may derive some comfort from the fact that tobacco is inimical to them.