"Putrescence" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... facts that it is possible to produce at will, purulent infections with no elements of putrescence, putrescent purulent infections, anthracoid purulent infections, and finally combinations of these types of lesions varying according to the proportions of the mixtures of the specific organisms made to act on the ...
— The Harvard Classics Volume 38 - Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) • Various
... this element is the cause of animal and vegetable decay, yet oxidation is the grand process by which the earth, air, and sea are purified. A few substances are both antiseptic and disinfectant. Heat up to a temperature of 140 deg. Fahr. promotes putrescence, but above that point, is a drier or disorganizer, and destroys ...
— The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English • R. V. Pierce |
