Hospitalism and Some of the Methods by Which Septicæmia May Be Prevented

that the greater the contamination of the hospital and its furniture, the more difficulty the surgeon will have in preventing the septic poisoning of his patients. This may be illustrated by a reference to Tyndall's experiments on the cause of the putrefaction of organic liquids, when he found the air of the laboratory of the Eoyal Institution of London in which lie had been for some time working so contaminated with