IN THE CAUSE OF SCIENCE.
Received 10.30 p.m. Oct. 1. LONDON, Oct. 1. Miss Mary Davies, bacteriologist, almost lost her life in an experiment to test a poison as an antidote. Though previous tests on animals had been fatal she infected herself with gangrene in a deep incision in each leg, then telegraphed Dr Taylor, an American scientist, who injected hydrochlorine quinine. It is claimed that the discovery will save the lives of thousands of gassed soldiers. Miss Davies is h daughter of Sir Henry Davies, an ex-Gover-nor of one of the Indian provinces.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC19151002.2.48
Bibliographic details
Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 20474, 2 October 1915, Page 5
Word Count
94IN THE CAUSE OF SCIENCE. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 20474, 2 October 1915, Page 5
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Wanganui Chronicle. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in