Tetanus Bacilli Survive 11 Years in Wood Splinter
A splinter infected an animal with tetanus and research shows bacilli remained viable for 11 years in the wood fragment, demonstrating remarkable endurance of the pathogen under natural conditions.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1938
Page
20
A splinter infected an animal with tetanus and research shows bacilli remained viable for 11 years in the wood fragment, demonstrating remarkable endurance of the pathogen under natural conditions.
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Miss Gilbert Muse, Burrus Memorial Hospital superintendent, notes a 61 percent drop in industrial injuries since 1926, and a 43 percent fall in injury severity across the United States and Canada. A survey of 1,600 industries backs Pennsylvania figures, with 1926 deaths at 2,116 and total injuries at 180,400.
Family members placed a package beside the veteran Indian fighter at his death containing the bones of his right forearm, amputated 56 years earlier. Taylor often said he wanted to take both hands to the other worlds, and the package will be buried with him.
Miss Opol Hayes, 23, elected constable in Center Wis, pledges to keep the peace and has ample muscle for the job. The village voters chose her this week citing her strength and readiness to enforce order.
The mooring mast on the Empire State Building’s 86th floor in New York City is struck by lightning nearly every thunderstorm. The steel frame conducts the bolt safely to the ground, causing no damage.
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