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A Note on the Influence of the Chemical Rays of Daylight on Vaccinia in Animals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

Alan B. Green
Affiliation:
Bacteriologist, Calf Vaccine Department, Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine.
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In view of the observations made of late years on the action of red light in variola, it was thought that it might be of interest to ascertain, if possible, whether the red, or other rays of daylight, exerted any influence in cases of vaccinia; that is to say, with a disease the specific virus of which differs from that of variola probably only in that its pathogenic capabilities are modified, while vaccinia presents clinically many points of resemblance to variola.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1907

References

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