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Early in the war U.S. authorities suspected that the enemy might be assembling task forces of death-dealing microorganisms. Against this possibility, however remote, defensive measures were needed. Since no one knew how the germ attack might be launched, the only thing to do was to study all the possible offensive methods and develop defenses against them...
Some doctors endorse Dr. Kabat's treatment; others admit he "has the germ of a good idea," but cautiously withhold full approval. Says Dr. Kabat: "I feel the results speak for themselves...
...refer to our work on the growth of the tubercle bacillus as "the greatest contribution to TB research since Robert Koch first isolated the germ itself in 1882" is, to say the least, a gross exaggeration. There have been many great achievements in the field of tuberculosis since the time of Koch. Thus, the therapeutic possibilities of sulfones and streptomycin, as well as the studies of immunization with BCG, are discussed in the very same issue of your magazine; you could also have mentioned, among other lines of progress, the improvement of X-ray methods of diagnosis, the campaign...
...bacteria, simply and quickly, in test tubes. The basis of Dubos' method is a synthetic detergent made by Atlas Powder Co. (which calls it "Tween 80") for use in cosmetics. Doctors hailed the discovery as the greatest contribution to TB research since Robert Koch first isolated the germ itself...
...twinkling professor with a scientific slouch, a strong French accent and gestures. He came to the U.S. in 1924, at Rutgers completed the training he began in Paris. The TB culture may or may not be his greatest achievement: his discovery (in 1937) of gramicidin, first of the germ-killing mold extracts, led to the development of penicillin. His latest find, he hopes, will lure young doctors into TB research, hitherto shunned because "the chances of finding something have been practically...