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Science declares war on the common cold..Under the direction of the Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the Medical Research Council, a special unit is investigating the mysteries of the common cold at Harvard Hospital, near Salisbury, in the most comprehensive investigation into the common cold, yet undertaken in this country. Volunteers, who live in pairs in attractive self-contained flats, helping the doctors in their work, our present confined to discovering elementary facts about the German which causes colds. The National Panel is asking for volunteers who are ready to spend 10 days, with the research unit under conditions prescribed by the experimental work entailed..Photo shows, Mr and Mrs L Adamson, of Hull, volunteers at Harvard Hospital, collecting their food, which is delivered to their flat in a thermos flask, untouched by outside contacts to ensure that no alien germs reach the 'guinea pigs' while undergoing tests..10 January 1947 (KEYSTONE/United Archives / TopFoto/TopFoto.co.uk)