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WELLS, William Firth ( – 1963)

WELLS, William Firth ( – 1963)

– 1963

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1955 CE

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Airborne contagion and air hygiene: An ecological study of droplet infections.

WELLS, William Firth ( – 1963)
WELLS, William Firth ( – 1963)

"In 1954, Wells began a long-term experiment to demonstrate that tuberculosis could be transmitted through air. At the VA Hospital in Baltimore, collaborating with Riley, John Barnwell, and Cretyl C. Mills, he built a…