Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-09-02 | Page 3 | Sleeping Sickness Virus Discovered

SLEEPING SICKNESS VIRUS DISCOVERED ST. ST LOUIS Sept 2 CUP UP UP Discovery ery of the cause of ot encephalitis has been made b by Dr Margaret G. G Smith assistant professor at Washington university university uni medical school the St St. Louis Medical society announced today The announcement that a filterable filterable ble virus had been discovered by the young oung pathologist was hailed as all all- Important In halting the sleeping sickness epidemic which has taken 54 lives and stricken persons since sice July 30 Miss Smith graduate of Johns Hopkins Hop Hop- kins university t has borne out her discovery of two days ago by further experiment according to Dr Howard McCordock pathologist at Washington Washing Washing- ton university who addre addressed ged a gathering gath ering cring of ot 1800 persons at a meeting of the medical society A filterable virus Is one that is not discernible through the most powerful microscope and will pass through a porcelain filter The fact that the disease is caused by such a virus Dr McCordock said does not isolate the cause of sleeping sickness but it narrows the search materially It has long been suspected that the strange malady was caused by a virus lrus but Dr Smiths Smith's is the first scientific proof of or it It IV the pathologist continued s. s I