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Show EXPERIMENT PROVED PATAU Ten Prisoners Inoculated With- Gho. era Virus are Dead'.-Manila. Dead'.-Manila. As a result of experiments with cholera virus nt Ulllbld prison, ton prisoners out of twenty-four who Wcro Inoculated have died. Tho experiments were conducted by Dr. R. P. Strong of tho bureau of sclcnco. Tho death of tho prisoners took place a few days after they were inoculated. It Is claimed by tho Invcsllgators thnt tho fatalities resulted from a contamination of tho virus with bubonic bu-bonic plnguo virus. Cholera virus Ib In constant uso horo nnd it has proved beneficial previously. It has bocn usod in Spain in thousands of casos vlth excellent resultB. Governor General Smith, In a statement to tho public, oxonorntcd Dr. Strong and declared that tho commission would tnko caro of tho families of tho dead prisoners. |