Milford chronicle., 1911-12-15
CIRCULAR ON TYPHOID FEVER.
Surgeon Marshall of the Organized Militia of Delaware
Advises Men to Become Immune.

Major William Marshall. of Milford chief surgeon of the
Organized Militia of Delaware has just issued circular for
the information of the officers and men of the organization rel
atve the antyphoid vaccination In he gives the
for vaccination against typhoid fever and the paper has
been declared to be of the most instructive and interesting
the miamen have received for long time. It is interest
ing only the soldiers the community large for
demonstrated how typhoid fever has been conquered by the
medical science. believed practically all of the militia
men, officers and alike will seek the
Major Marshall's circular follows
The certainty with which typhoid appears in any go
per cent of the organizations in the War
showed typhoid within eight weeks 20 per of the
i'll the FancoP War which usually regarded
bloody 81 cent of the deaths from typhoid
The Mobilization Camp year Gettysburg, developed it
cent of the uvaccinated men had the disease Then the fact
that in organization, the Engineers who had been
vaCcnated had the disease is evidence of the efficiency of the
Comparison of the incidence of typhoid in the eth Army
Corps at Jacksonville Florida in lS9S for four months with
uat III the maneuver DIVISION at San Antonio Texas last
Spring for the same length of time shows striking ustra
ton OF the merits of antphod vaccination for the troops
numbered about the same Tor each and were located IN about
the relative degree of latitude the distance from
sderaGon numerous of typhoid and each
ceiving the pures of camps The troops
Antonio vaccnated those Jacksonville Ty
acIsonyile there were PSI deaths which o1rrI f 56oS
of the fever in total of TO- 7S9 Both soldiers
San Antonio had light of short duration and recovered
In case of war YOU will not be an encunbrance to the
but be of actual for average and
at of medium duration of of every four
or v may expect to be stricken with the disease and suffer
from the uncertainty of living through the attack if you have
not been protected against by attack of the disease
vaccination
You do have worry exposure the disease in
your private life arcay protected You stay
house with typhoid fever patient without danger
to Yourself and visit with impunity infected
section of the country with the least of danger contracting
the disease
You will be in line precedence selection of men to
attend future for those who protected
against the disease by vaccination by attack
typhoid will most likely be left home dreaded
disease coming to be held by army To show the wide
spread degree which of typhoid spread the dis
ease, will cite the result of investigation conducted
Worcester, Mass, where proved recently a single
case OF the disease the of transmitting the infection
to 215 other people
The average reaction mild practically no incon-
enience is had and those nnocuated
IN their work To be specific only
the symptoms which would be considered sufficient complain
Of but these symptoms last hours and
eah afterwards In fact nothing but good possibly
had from them for those who have had
case of typhoid The reactions when appear consist
soreness at the site of injection and
IS one feels when he Is catching cold. They appear strong
est IN those most susceptible the disease
n this class of it will be great satisfaction know that
he symptoms the
have actual attack Of the disease of very
ion.
To get complete and positive protection three injections
onsist of killed typhoid germs and given hypodermcalv
The first dose contains 50000O000 bacil the second and
bird doses contain 200, 100000 each
To the argument cannot strongly advise all
volunteer for the procedure only for the good
each individual but the patriotic motives involved in
nan lives and the that in of Sam
III be receiving into service soldiers of the
aracter against this bugaboo of all Army Surgeons as we'll
physicians in general.