Microbes and the Microbe Killer

book · 1890

type:book

year:1890

citation:Radam, William. Microbes and the Microbe Killer. New York: The Author (Knickerbocker Press), 1890. xiii, 369 pages, illustrations, portrait. Wellcome Collection work yyfshjxr (Public Domain Mark); full scan at Internet Archive identifier b21499457; LCCN 08094478.

LINK

https://wellcomecollection.org/works/yyfshjxr

SUMMARY

Radam's own promotional book, the primary statement of the Microbe Killer doctrine. Catalogued by the Wellcome Collection (work yyfshjxr): 'New York : The author, 1890', xiii + 369 pages, 'Portrait of author forms the frontispiece', Public Domain Mark; the same edition is digitized in full at Internet Archive (b21499457). The book advances the single-cause thesis that the US National Library of Medicine quotes as 'There is, in truth, but one disease', presents Radam's self-cure narrative and before/after portraits, and contains the passages quoted in this bundle (e.g. that the Microbe Killer 'is pure water, permeated with gases'). Cited for Radam's claims in his own words, not for any assessment of efficacy. Title, publisher, year, and pagination read from the Wellcome catalogue record (fetched 2026-06-11).

NOTES

Microbes and the Microbe Killer (New York, 1890) is William Radam’s own account of his product and the theory behind it, and the source closest to his claims as he made them. The Wellcome Collection catalogue record (work yyfshjxr) gives the imprint “New York : The author, 1890,” a collation of xiii + 369 pages with illustrations and a portrait frontispiece, and a Public Domain Mark; the National Library of Medicine and the Internet Archive hold the same edition (IA b21499457). The book is the documentary basis for the case’s account of the Hygeian-style single-disease doctrine in Radam’s wording, his self-cure story, and his description of the Microbe Killer as a harmless gas-charged water. It is used as a record of what Radam asserted, with the factual evaluation supplied by the patent, the chemical analyses, and the federal action documented in the other sources.