Dr. Bastian's Turnip-Cheese Experiments

Abstract

IN a former communication* I gave an account of a series of experiments by Dr. Bastian, in which it was established that, “by following his directions, infusions can be prepared which are not deprived by an ebullition of from five to ten minutes of the faculty of undergoing those chemical changes which are characterised by the presence of swarms of Bacteria, and that the development of these organisms can proceed with the greatest activity in hermetically sealed glass vessels, from which almost the whole of the air has been expelled by boiling.”