Deseret Evening News | 1901-11-20 | Page 3 | Testing for Tetanus

TESTING volt JOlt TETANUS on Oil White hilte lists lints indo In New Ne York Nov Iov 20 Experiments on white rats designed to gather ather informs Information Information tion bearing upon the time recent fatalities from lockjaw 10 at Camden are In progress roes ress at nt Coopers Cowers hospital says saysa n a special to the world from tram Camden N J 1 Doc Doctore Doctors Doctors tors tore Alexander Scanlan and hose RoslI are endeavoring to learn If It tho the vaccine vi virus virus virus rus Is the medium of ot communicating te Ic tetanus tanus germs conns In Iii explaining their work they said Mid saidOn On tho the evening of the th we visit visited I It cd ed fifteen drug stores and awl purchased specimens of ot l 1 mph from each tyone white rats were cro obtained be because because because cause of ot their marked susceptibility to the time virus Irus tetanus On the morning of ot tho time the tIme rats were Inoculated II The animals were each eich Isolated In separate cages especially prepared for the th pur purpose pose 1050 In order to prevent contamination The Time box was labelled with the name of ot the time druggist who sold Hold the specimen the producer and time tile time nt at which the In Inoculation was performed After each Inoculation Instruments miamI and the tIme hands of ot the experimenters were again thor thoroughly sterilized and all apparatus made roade antiseptic The Time animals ore are tell ted at nt regular gular Intervals Interval visited every Iery three or tout four hours houn and aM watched for symptoms Records will be made malIc and the tIme results will be given Ien to the Iho board of ot health