5th April 2022
The Tobacco Mosaic “Virus” is said to be the first “virus” ever discovered. The particle has even been purified and biochemically characterised.
I decided to go back to the original studies from the late 1800s and I found more than just a few problems with the claims that they found a “virus”.
It’s amazing what the germ theorists claim when Virus Mania strikes! 😮
References:
1. “Tobacco Mosaic Virus,” in Encyclopedia of Virology (Third Edition), 2008
2. “One Hundred Years of Virology,” Journal of Virology, 1992
3. “Soviet Studies On Viruses,” Science, 1944
4. “Isolation and Properties of TM and other Virus Proteins,” W Stanley, 1938
5. “Isolation of crystalline tobacco Mosaic Virus Protein from Tomato Plants,” The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1937: Vol 117.
6. WISSENSCHAFFTPLUS magazin 4/2020
7. Tobacco Diseases and Decay” by Frederick Wolf, 1935.
8. “Concerning a Contagium Vivum Fluidum as cause of the Spot Disease of tobacco leaves,” 1898
9. “Über die Mosaikkrankheit der Tabakspflanze,” 1903
