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Show Infantile Paralysis Germ. In a lengthy rerwirt to physicians, the Rockefeller Institute announces the discovery of a germ In the brain and spinal cord of monkeys Inoculated with Infantile paralysis. The organism organ-ism is said to be very' minute, the difficulties attending Its artificial cultivation cul-tivation and Identification being so great that the discovery Is as yet of little value for the purjx'se of early diagnosis of suspected C8ses. Monkeys Mon-keys Inoculated with the micro-organism, developed a disease corresponding correspond-ing to infantile paralysis In human beings. be-ings. From these experiments It was determined that the mucous membranes mem-branes of the nose and throat of persons per-sons not sick with the disease may become contaminated with the virus and that without falling 111 themselves they may become carriers of the disease. dis-ease. It was found, In monkeys, that the vlrns could be discovered six months after inoculaUon. nnd that drying dry-ing and mixing with dust did not destroy de-stroy It. |