Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-09-09 | Page 37 | Germs Found in Suspected Plaster

GERMS FOUND IN SUSPECTED PLASTER "WASHINGTON, Sept. S. Presence of lockjaw perms In two out of thirteen samples sam-ples of court plaster purchased In Washington, Wash-ington, D. C, and strong Indications of the presence of such germs In a single sample from the Ohio state department of health have been found by the government's gov-ernment's hygienic, laboratory. "There is no ground for believing that the contamination was intentional." the j public heal til .service announced today. "Whether contamination occurred during I the process of manufacture, through the use of infected ingredients, or subsequently subse-quently by careless handling, remains to j be determined by further investigation. j "It was also found that court plaster is not dean in the sui gaal sense." I