The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-07-29

there can be no reason
for contracting the mai
ady unless one chooses. People now
Adays do not catch" smallpox y they
have been properly yaecipated' IN
eass they neglect that customary pre-
caution. II Is considered that they have
deliberately exposed themselves 70 the
risk OF eontagi0n. The same PROPOSE
ton WI IN future apply 70 typhoid.
inasmuch as means have been found
whereby. through incubation with
suitable vaccine anybody may %
rendered permanently immune-thAt IL
10 say, incapable Of acquiring he ais
ease.
Typhoid IN old time VAS known As
~putyid fever u vas one OF the most
deadly OF human maladies. largely be
cause the proper methods % Aaopi "a
dealing with Il were not YET known
But even today. when Il Kills less than
10 per cent OF the victims 4 assAils.
Il Is exceedingly destructive. IL
caused 80 per cent Of the total deaths
on the American side during the war
with spain-ths disease. which RACED
IN the military camps. being disiriD
utsd chiefly By flies And Il VAS 70
sensiy estimated b. DR.. George y. no
Der OF washinston. d. ca recognized
authority % the snbiect-thAt. feck-
oning loss OF wAgeearninE eapaeity.
sxpense for medical attendance, etc,
typhoid fever Ii the United States
costs annually not lees than t5so.epo.'
100. Accepting These ngures. q appears
that the disease costs the people Of
the United States more than = billion
dollars every three years. writes Rene
bach IN Technical wofld Magazine.
rae fsnsaaafsinH ra~eins-
There i lost one advantaEe IN hav'
Tag typhoid. An attack % u renders
one immune 70 the complaint there
sftsr-nt al events practically 20. IN
asmueh a. . reeurrence o. ne mniAag
Ia a person uho has once recovered
from IL il unaommon Bat y would
eayeiV b. very advantageous Y such
Immunity couid b attained without
soinr through the sickness ana SUI
frrinr. with incidental risk OF dying
Fortunately. this very thins has ~
,ast been accomplished. That Il 70 say.
A means has been discovered whereby
ANYBODY NAY BE- rendered immune 70
typhoid-ghe result being obtained ~
= sl,npis process Of vaccination. The
prinripic Of vaccination for smallpox
4 that q utiiirinx The germ OF near
Unrelated disease Of tho Gov. much
nniiasr In character. 70 produce I'm
nunitr AGAINST the more serious nal.
ADJ. This idea nowadays u begin
ninr 70 b. applied. with much success.
20 other naiadlea. notably rahies--hy
pnrssuya discovery and cholera ana
bubonir plague the tuo latter AZ the
instance OF Hankine. an Engiiahman.
Vaccination FOR typhoid-nrri worked
out b. sir A. =. Wright Of London
i based upon The sane theory.
For snme time past the United
states War Department has bern busi'
n engaged with the problem Of typhoid
vaccination. and at the Army Medical
Musrum IN Washington large quanu'
lies Of the minimizing fiuid have been
manufactured and put up IN sealed
rlsas tubes. ready for uae-each tube
containing the few drops requisite for
= dose For military purposes u II OF
almost Importance 10 end a means
whereby the 'putrid fever" which has
siways been the most deadly enemy
n troops-commonly Killing more men
than we're slain By the enemy--shall
10 robbed OF lsa power 70 destroy.
ue.. che vaeefne u Prepared.
There Il no reason. indeed. why eoi'
dleru IN the field IN future wars
should suffer any loss whatever by y.
phold II will doubtless be required Of
everv recruit. az q matter Of course.
that before being finally accepted he
sbati be lmmunlzcd against the mala'
dy. Az for the regular army. several
hundred men. volunteering for the
purpose. have already been inoculatod;
and. the Investigation having now
naaaed beyond the experimental stage
every ofacer and enlisted man VIII DO
aubiactad 70 the treatment
The ~vaeclne" for typhoid is pre-
pared BY an extremely simple process.
4 quantity Of beef broth is made, and,
when It has had time to cool, few
,vnhold hacIilI are put into r. Find.
Inc Il an acceptable food, they multi.
NV with great rapidly, until. after a
fow hours. tho vessel Of soup contains
countless biiiions OF them. They are
shon killed by putting the broth into
sors OF oven and heating q to q point
IN tho nclghborhood Of boiling.
This f. tho vaccine soup con.
tanning the dead bodies Of billions Of
typhoid baclill II IS now ready Tor
use. But first. 70 make perfectly sure
that ali the bacllll are dead. small
quantity OF tho soup Is put into fresh
batch Of broth. previously eterilized
bv heat II. on microscopic examina.
tion. some hours later, no living bacilli
arc found IN the new broth, u Is
taken for granted that the stun Is
All right and the aoup holding the de-
funct germs IL put up in little glass
tubes. Each tube. after being Sterh'