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GERM DETECTION CLAIM. MAY RE EPOCHAL. LONDON. March 14. What is believed to he the' paralysis germ, hitherto undetected, has been discovered by a Westminster Hospital worker. Miss Kathleen Chevassut. From 176 out of ISS cases sue obtained minute bodies, tin isibie except under the microscope. AN hen magnified 14 00 times, they appeared as tiny globules or granules. Attempts to treat disseminated sclerosis with vaccines from cultures of the supposed microbes arc at present apparently encouraging, but further investigation is necessary. The “Lancet,” is of the opinion that if Miss Chevassufs work is substantiated it will he among the foremost of bacteriological achievements.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXX, Issue 11167, 28 March 1930, Page 5
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105PARALYSIS Gisborne Times, Volume LXX, Issue 11167, 28 March 1930, Page 5
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