The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-12-29
THE 7tST TYPHOID IMMUNE
100 O. 4RDSNEN INOCJL4TED
WITH 4 WiRNTNG.
Told That They All WIN Feel a little
Soreness and One or Two Ma, Think
They've Eaten spoiled Fish All Who
were Operated On Volunteered.

were Operated On Volunteered.
/ Four hundred men and officers Of the
seventy first Regiment, y. q. y. Y. were
vaCCinatcd with typhoid serum by Reg
mental Surgeon Karl COnuell and fifteen
assistants Of the hospital corps ia tho
surgeons Office at the armory last night
Before the 400 volunteered to submit
to the preventive iuuculatiou. which
has been made obligatory upon all N the
navy sorvIc" after having been success
fully introduced in the regular army.
each of them received little printed
slip telling what would happen to him
III the next few hours ~ ih" result VI the
prophvlHctic injection
The site Of the injection will become
tender in about four hours" said the
slip The tenderness may spread some
what and in few cases extend To the arm
pit and render the arm lame next day.
After twelve hours the soreness begins TO
suhside and should be scarcely felt the
first day.
"Two-thirds Of those vaccinated will
feel no general effect one fourth will
feel tired the next dav About one out
Of twelve will feel as i'll ~ if having a
llltb'l dl' 'ONl viz wv W -N' VIII ''
chilly and feverish, feel a. il he had eaten
some spoiled fish and will hc confined 10
bed for "A day
The rogimental surgeon warned that II
any of those who had been inoculated
should feel this chillncss and feverish
tendruCirs 10 cents worth Of a-perin would
sol him on his feet again And in the
meanwhile let no one touch alcoholic
liquors twenty four hours before or after
injection
However correct for this climate Sur
geon Conncll's prognostication concern.
ing the one feverish soldier in 200 may
ho. those vino submitted TO the prophy-
Tactic vaccination last night may hc
cherred to read that when the soldiers
of the mlnuuvrc division at san Antonio
were subjected TO it last March a larger
percentage than that was on the tired and
chilly list One regiment took "A praC-
tice hike the day after the dispensation
of the serum and a large percentage Of
the men dropped out of the line of march
because of illness
The wholesale vaccination followed i'm
medlatclv upon the regimental review
As the men broke ranks they We're di-
surgeon on the second floor. There were
many young women witnesses of the
review who seemed 10 snow a timorous
anticipation Of the ordeal that was To-
! take place behind closed doors and many
la valiant soldier was escorted by one of
the fair all the way To- the door ot the
/ operating room. In an outer office each
| lieutenant or sergeant of squad gave the
! order Strip of your Jacket and roll up
1 the sleeve on your left arm Then to
/ each man was given a little case card
whereon he was To- file his name and age
and state whether he had ever suffered
! from typhoid fever. \ space was left
below marked reaction and left To he
punched hv the surgeon AZ inspection.
! nlSo a space for the surgeons remarks
t tn" file or bare armed men then passed
into n second room whore "A squad of hos
pital corps men waited with sponge.
lance, and serum tub" The first man
] spongod With iodin" place couple Of
inches square on each arm 10 st"ril2e
IN" flesh 10 he cut Then another man
made a swift cut with his lancet and a
third -Ioeared the contents of a typhoid
culture tube IN the small wound That
was all
They worked - fast that the men We're
soon going through at the rate of four a
minute Each hospital orderly used a
single lancet only 10 max" four cuts, then
threw il into sterililing bowl and picked
up another, this 10 prevent tn" dulinE Of
the blade and guard against possible in
f"ction + + Gran the regimental quar-
lt"rmastor. wa- the first "a 60 through the
a. T..l ..g,