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Show Pneumonia Germ-). There la at present no hope of pro-euilng pro-euilng nntl-pncumonia scrum, owing to the low vitality of tho pneumocas-sus pneumocas-sus In artificial Inoculations, says Prof. W. H. Welch of Johns Hopkins. Tho germ Is In a largo percentage a nodmal occupant of tho healthy htt-nan htt-nan throat. Alctmollsm and other debilitating de-bilitating conditions lower tho power of resistance of tho Individual and Increaso the susceptibility to tho diseases. dis-eases. There Is no conclusive ovl-denco ovl-denco that pneumonia Is contagious. |