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Show Pneumonia Germs. M Tbero Is at present no hopo of pro- M cuiing anti-pneumonia serum, owing to the low vitality of tho pneumocas- bus in artificial inoculations, says 1 Prof. W. H. Welch of Johns Hopkins. I Tho germ Is in a large percentage a S nodmal occupant of tho healthy human hu-man throat. Alconollsm and other debilitating de-bilitating conditions lower tho power of reslstauco of tho Individual and increaso tho susceptibility to tho diseases. dis-eases. Thero is no conclusive ovl-icncQ ovl-icncQ that pneumonia Is contagious. |