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Even pocket money, many volunteers regarded it as a holiday, and came back year after year. witness history spoke to professor nigel dimmock, who worked at the unit. the unique aspect of the common cold unit was the volunteer set—up. they had come to catch a cold. it's a crazy thing, really, but people did. let's have you back on the bed. so this is the virus, then, and we are going to put it into your nose. it did give us the ability to study a virus in its natural host, and this is still a very rare thing. the common cold unit was set up by the medical research council after the second wor...

The common cold unit was set up by the medical research council after the second world war to try and discover the cause of the common cold, because the number of working hours lost through people catching colds and taking time off was enormous in terms of the productivity of the nation as a whole. the common cold unit advertised for people to come there in a voluntary status. they were only paid pocket money and rail fare and their keep while they were there, and they lived at salisbury for about ten days. archive: these bright, | young people are starting a holiday at government expense. so ...

The science took off. it turned out that there wasn't one common cold virus, but hundreds of them, and that makes vaccines very difficult. certain myths were tested as well. for instance, if you went out in the cold — particularly in the rain in the cold — this predisposed you to catching colds. there was no evidence at all that any of these things affected the instance of a cold. in the end, the common cold unit was closed for economic reasons. i think it was a big loss, scientifically, and because of the volunteer set—up, such facilities are very valuable, and there are very few of the...

Distance over which the common cold virus couldn't jump. 18,000 volunteers are now believed to have spent time in isolation at the unit, but a cold cure remains elusive. about the time that i joined the unit, they discovered how to grow the virus in cell culture, and then the science took off. it turned out that there wasn't one common cold virus, but hundreds of them, and that makes vaccines very difficult. certain myths were tested as well. for instance, if you went out in the cold — particularly in the rain in the cold — this predisposed you to catching colds. there was no evidence at a...

Unfortunately, we have many, many affected persons worldwide and we did not yet find the corresponding therapy. but we hope that, in the following years, this will take place. professor konrad maurer there, on the first patient to be diagnosed with alzheimer's. we end off in post—second world war britain, where the common cold unit was created to find a cause for the illness. its work depended on thousands of volunteers coming to the unit to catch a common cold. given food, accommodation, even pocket money, many volunteers regarded it as a holiday, and came back year after year. witness hist...