LAMP RAYS KILL GERMS
MEDICAL DISCOVERIES LONDON. March 2. The British Medical Journal reports the discovery of a lamp, the rays from which kill germs in operating theatres. It states that '132 chest operations resulted in half of the usual deaths from infection. The Lancet describes the use of a mist at Westminster Hospital in which a jet of atomised antiseptic fluid is sprayed against a rapidly revolving fan. From the fan emerges an invisible mist which remains suspended for two days.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19898, 28 March 1939, Page 5
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82LAMP RAYS KILL GERMS Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19898, 28 March 1939, Page 5
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