...growing, on purpofe to brufh away the fwarms of thefe infects which infected them ; and yet fo effectually did fome of them conceal themfelves, and fo faft did...water; and to the other (which was contained in a glafe jar, ftanding in water) I put a fprig of mint. This was about the beginning of Auguft, 1771,...

...experiments that he carried out to validate this conclusion. I shall quote one of these experiments : ... I took a quantity of air, made thoroughly noxious,...it into two parts; one of which I put into a phial immersed in water; and to the other [which was contained in a glass jar, standing in water] I put a...

...dying and putrefying in it. In order to ascertain this, I took a quantity of air, made thoroughly 11 noxious, by mice breathing and dying in it, and divided...it into two parts; one of which I put into a phial immersed in water; and to the other (which was contained in a glass jar, standing in water) I put a...