Harry B. Harding

Is Multiple Sclerosis Caused by Spirochaeta myelophthora (Steiner)

Summary Using technics very similar to those proposed by Ichelson, a study was made of 28 persons with well documented diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, and 14 persons with other conditions which involved the central nervous system. We attempted to isolate a spirochete similar to the one which Ichelson claims to have found. We were unable to confirm her work. The possibility that this result could have occurred by chance alone is statistically invalid.

The microbiological environment of a rooming-in maternity☆☆☆

Abstract A review of the literature and an analysis of the changing conditions which have identified coagulase-positive hemolytic Staphylococcus aureus as the primary endemic and epidemic menace in hospital environments has been presented. A detailed description has been provided of the six different physical environments in which newborn infants reside in the patient-care areas of the newly constructed (1959) Rooming-In Maternity of the Evanston Hospital. A comprehensive, 2 year analysis of the microbiological environments of these six infant care areas and of the related nurseries is detailed in which a total of 2,222 bacteriological samples, both human and environmental, were processed.