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Show New Medical Advance After years of f':.'-,irrh and experi-nv.-nt-n-j. Dr. Burr Ferguson of Birmingham, Bir-mingham, Ala., is credited with one of the most important of recent medical medi-cal discoveries. Jt is a method of increasing the white blood cells, which are said to attack and destroy the germs of practically all infectious disca- F'T';u'n's rcpoi l.s to the medical prof" ion of rn fitly cirn through 'us nv'V.d have attracted fll.ention, both in America and Engl 1'id, one hi ;h au!hoiiy declaring that, the result.! ob-t" ob-t" r,"d indicate a discovery equal In importance to that of insulin. ..: ;teliidkoir. a famous Russian scientist, in l!i.'!1 propounded the theory that the white blood cells wen; the enemies of infectious germs. Now, 44 years later, Ferguson appears to have perfected method of increasing these protective cells iti suflicient quantities to combat the i;ernis wi,i practical rcull.s. The new method consists of the injection in-jection of certain metallic substances and f-ireii'n protein;; into the miu;( !' 'and Mood. ' .Mi nl'l J'ei on';: discovery pieve to what he and hi", supporter r.blm for it. anoih' i povveriul vt apon will 'h-ve l,e n ndd'd to man ; armament ligairist di;:eas |