Remarkable Discovery
Experiment With Deadly Germs Sealed in Tube 26 Years Ago I ~—— Found To Be Still Alive (British Official Wireless.) (Received I, 12.0 noon.) Rugby, Nov. 30. The “Evening Standard” learns that a remarkable result has followed an experiment made with deadly germs by Sir William Simpson, Director at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases. Twenty-six years ago Sir William Simpson placed in a test tube bacilli taken from a patient suffering from one of the most dreaded diseases. The tube was sealed and for all those years it has remained so. Now Sir William has devoted his attention to discovering whether the germs are still alive and; to his astonishment, he found them to be alive. A guinea-pig was inoculated with them and after showng well-known symptoms of the disease, it died. LONGEVITY OF BACILLI. Further work is proceeding, it being recognised that in the light of such a happening it may become necessary to revise completely the views previously held on the longevity of bacilli. It is said that the longest period hitherto in which life has persisted in a culture of this kind is one year.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 1 December 1927, Page 5
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189Remarkable Discovery Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 1 December 1927, Page 5
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