Word: bacteria
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Schlink in their Your Money's Worth and Dr. Wiley in his second last book The History of a Crime Against the Food Law. Specific charges: Fruits are dried by sulfur dioxide; maple sugar often contains 80% cane sugar: prunes often are glazed with glucose, a bacteria breeder: cider is often adulterated with benzoate of soda, as is catsup; jam may be made of low-grade fruit filled with gelatin and water; ice cream is sometimes made of starch and gelatin...
Past advances, Dr. Baker's articles says, "may be traced largely to two discoverers: first, that teeth are vitally connected with the two great circulatory systems of the body; and second, that bacteria transplanted from roots of diseased teeth into laboratory animals bring about serious infection in the vital organs. The first conclusion came from the laboratories of eminent dental investigators and was observed through an application of the biological principle called 'vital standing.' The second was discovered by medical pathologists in their search for the effects of focal infection a research carried on in various parts of the world...
Into a vacuum vat he introduced his bacteria, shredded copra, powdered limestone, water. After keeping the temperature at 50° C. for six days he uncapped the vat, found oil floating on the top of the mixture...
Researcher Beckman studied the cells, concluded that there must be some bacteria which would eat the cellulose walls, release the oil. In brewer's malt he found the bacterium Bacillus delbrueckia, which was apparently hungry enough to accomplish this...
Value of this discovery lies in the probability that fever is a natural attempt of the body to kill off bacteria that are attacking it. By getting the jump on nature. Researcher Manning believes he will be able to cure ordinary colds, prevent pneumonia, treat other maladies...