Show TO GROW LEW LEPROSY GERMS BE TO AID WAR ON OH DISEASE thousands of bacilli to bo be studied for secrets by scientists washington A mass attack on ona of the oldest and most feared diseases of mankind leprosy Is now in progress thousands upon thousands of leprosy germs are to be grown in order that chemists and physicians may learn the most intimate secrets of this disease scientific veterans of another battle the offense against tuberculosis have been called to do battle the medical research committee of the national tuberculosis association headed by dr william charles white of the national institute of health of the united states public health service at tile alie request of the leonard wood memorial has undertaken an investigation of leprosy as an extension of its tuber tuberculosis cuto S Is research germs that cause tuberculosis and germs that cause leprosy are members of the same family bacilli as the 9 germs erms of leprosy are called actually grow in the same cells of the human hilman body the as the more common tubercle bacilli encouraging reports come from lep rasaria sarla in this country and abroad and lepers are often discharged as apparently paren fly ly cured the value of chaulmoogra oil has been praised and this s substance has been credited with curative powers but specialists are not convinced that it lives up to its reputation therefore this new attack the 15 to 20 strains of bacilli that have been cultivated from human cases will be grown in quantity the masses 0 of f germs will be taken to the sterling chemical laboratory at yale tale university where prof treat B johnson and his associates will analyze them just as they picked tubercle bacilli to chemical pieces with startling results in tuberculosis germs chemists found the worlds first poisonous sugar which hills tuberculosis animals and does not harm the uninfected they found a fat that contained no living germs whatever but nevertheless produces the tubercles tub ercles or cell clumps characteristic of the disease |