It has been mentioned that although plants do not form antibodies they have the capacity to develop a certain resistance, in a sense a degree of “acquired immunity”, to some virus diseases. This has been carefully studied with the aid of the microscope using high power microscopy. This is how it worked. After a […]

We have already seen that there probably exists a reservoir of yellow fever virus in certain jungle animals, and just recently has come news of the discovery of the virus of equine encephalomyelitis in the bird known as a “prairie chicken.” There are some of the methods of preventing viruses from reaching their hosts. Now […]

There are cases wherein a virus is lying latent within an animal or plant. There is enough evidence to prove the existence of such latent viruses. Viruses can be examined under a high-powered microscope using high power microscopy. While they are not concerned with tumor-formation, nevertheless their very existence shows that there may be […]

To quote Winston Churchill, “Plague and pestilence will follow in the bloody ruts of Hitler’s tanks.”
From time immemorial, epidemics have been part and parcel of the hideous insanity of war. History will tell us that often it has been pestilence rather than the generals which has decided the issue of the campaigns.
The diseases which […]

Tar does not have this effect upon other viruses which do not cause proliferation of cells. Even more striking is the effect of tar upon the papilloma virus affecting rabbits. In this disease small warts appear on the rabbit’s ears, and these warts may occasionally develop into malignant growths, but only after many months. An […]