Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 114, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 May 1919 — Healthy Men Defied "Flu." [ARTICLE]

Healthy Men Defied "Flu."

An observant hospital corps man of the navy became so thoroughly convinced that lowered resistance was always the determining factor in contracting influenza that he and some of his mates volunteered to test the truth of his theory. The offer was accepted and 100 enlisted men who volunteered were submitted to exhaustive Experiment* by naval surgeons, the outcome of which seems to confirm the theory.. These men were all In the best of physical condition, .and during the experiment their health was looked after carefully. Live cultures of influenza bacilli were sprayed In their throats and noses hourly. The germs were introduced into their food. They were kept In close contact with patients suffering from the disease. Some members of the group received various preventive inoculations, but others were not thus protected. Not a single case of influenza was developed. *