Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-02-04 | Page 19 | Billions of Germs Are Placed in Rush Medical School for Study

Billions of Germs Are Placed in inRush in Rush Medical School for S Study udy CHICAGO Feb 4 AP Ernest famous bacteriologist gist of Vienna claims to have one of the Ule largest argest collections of living germs found an anywhere where In the world He reiterated this claim as he completed corn com Installing in a special laboratory labora- labora tory at Rush Medical college of the University ot of Chicago enough germs billions and billions of them to start a epidemics But said Dr there is no danger Of f that The germs germs will ill not be permitted to escape In fact instead of bein being a to mankind they are destined to be a blessIng for from them we are able to make our serums for the cure of the very diseases which the germs would spread It iS they had a chance The coIle collection Uon includes the germs of Asiatic cholera typhoid typhus d dysentery pneumonia tuberculosis and other diseases which have been tilO tho authors of human tragedy They all lve Ilvo and breathe In carefully guarded test tubes the doctor said Germs such as were vere used In ridding ridding rid rid- ding the Vienna opera house of its rat plague but which cannot harm human beings are Included In the collection Other organisms micro are aro bein being studied In the laboratory In an effort to eliminate some of the hnz hazards of farming by curing of the diseases ot of plants