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THE annual general meeting of the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine was held on June 16 when the governing body presented the Institute's forty-fifth report. This contains a survey of the Institute's activities, with financial statement and the staff changes, during 1938, and a summary of the research work pursued. Studies on viruses are prominent, and Dr. Eagles has investigated a possible virus factor in the causation of acuto rheumatism. Serological investigations include further work by Dr. Felix on the antigenic structure of the typhoid bacillus and on the standardization of therapeutic anti-typhoid serum, and a study by Dr. Muriel Robertson on the immune reactions in vitro of certain eiliate Protozoa. The nutritional value of buckwheat and its sensitizing action to light has been studied by Dr. Chick, and the results suggest that the nutritive value of the proteins of wheat are inferior to those of buckwheat. The National Collection of Type Cultures of Microorganisms is housed at the Institute, and during the year some 6,300 cultures have been distributed, and many new strains deposited for maintenance.
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The Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine. Nature 144, 20 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/144020d0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/144020d0