NOT MICROBES?
NEW THEORY OF DISEASE. LONDON, April 20. The curious theory of a Greek physician. Dr Kouzas, that microbes do rot cause disease is much discussed in Greek medical circles, says the Athens correspondent- of “ The Times.” Dr Kouzas maintains that most diseases are due to an invisible unknown “virus filtrant,” which is formed in our system when we are mentally agitated. When we are sad, feel jealous, or harbour hatred, we breathe out carbonic acid gas, containing the “ virus fill tr ant,” which poisons the atmosphere. and consequently our blood, during respiration. When the air is full of the virus, it causes the outbreak of epidemics, says T>r Kouzas, who thinks that the wartime epidemics, such as influenza and typhus, were due to the general sadness and depression of the people.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17030, 2 May 1923, Page 8
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