Word: staphylococci
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...infection spreading from doctor to patient. The model he favors comprises two layers of copper wire cloth (mosquito screening) with a layer of Fiberglas (in the form of Filter-down) in between. This filter, developed for the Atomic Energy Commission, contains no holes more than half as big as staphylococci, thus blocks their passage completely. Since the mask is molded snugly to the face, many surgeons fear that it will hinder their breathing. Not so, said Dr. Adams: it is as easy to breathe through as properly placed gauze, and it keeps spectacles from steaming. The filter costs...
...vintage." (Bordeaux happens to be synonymous with claret and sauterne.) Another Bordeaux University professor, Jacques Masquelier, got carried away with the results of some sophomoric experiments. He concluded that claret is on a par with penicillin as a germ killer, hinted that it might be better because it slaughters staphylococci, many strains of which are now resistant to penicillin...
Importance of germ filtration in the operating room has become more acute with the relatively greater prevalence of staphylococci that are resistant to penicillin and other antibiotics. Because of constant exposure, it is doctors and nurses who are most likely to be carriers of these potentially deadly germs even though they show no sign of illness themselves...
...same dosage of tin salt and "vitamin F." When the tin began oxidizing, further increasing its poisonous effect, the manufacturers merely noted that the ingredients became darker, and added artificial coloring to the gelatin coating. The ironic climax of the toxicologist's testimony: a slide demonstrating how staphylococci, which can be destroyed by antibiotics, actually proliferated and prospered when treated with Stalinon...
Hopefully they go on: "We may envisage the use of a standard packet of antigens . . . for the great bulk of the consumers. This would [represent] the various strains of the Group A streptococci, and the staphylococci, pneumococci, tubercle bacilli, typhoid, paratyphoid and diphtheria organisms, and eventually the virus antigens of poliomyelitis, rubella, measles and other diseases. Other packets of disease antigens for special regions, seasons or fractions of the population might be demanded...