PARALYSIS REMEDY?
Acceptance in Australia. A new theory that the deadly infantile paralysis germ attacks humans through the exposed nerves of smell in the nose is being investigated by specialists in Australia. Tests on monkeys in America by spraying a coating on these delicate nerves is reported to have produced 100 per cent, immunity.
A Sydney specialist on the Infantile Paralysis Committee said that although the experiments on monkeys had been entirely successful, they had not yet been tested on humans.
The spray consisted of a compound of picric acid and alum, which, under medical supervision, was quite harmless. In the event of an outbreak of the disease in Australia, he said, this method would almost certainly be used.
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Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 394, 30 March 1937, Page 3
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119PARALYSIS REMEDY? Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 394, 30 March 1937, Page 3
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