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...Klein has been comparing germi cides, and reports that Lister's phenol, or carbolic acid, is as potent as the fancier formulations of modern chem istry against most viruses; it is actually more potent against some of the small est viruses, which cause many respira tory diseases and polio. Also potent are sodium hypochlorite and near-pure al cohol. Restaurants and hospitals, sug gests Dr. Klein, should have their de tergents and germicides checked, to make sure that they are at least as good as the old, such as Lister...
Doctors include infantile paralysis (poliomyelitis) among the respira tory diseases. So far as is known, the disease only occurs in man and he is the sole source of infection (monkeys have been infected in clinics). Transmission may occur through insects and other animal carriers, but there is no definite evidence. No organism has been isolated which has been proved to be the cause of the disease...
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