Evening journal., 1911-12-05
SHOOT 0. M. WITH
TYPHOID SERUM
Senator Marshall Advocates
"BOmbardment" as State
Law TO Save Soldiers

Major William Marshall, Jr., of Mil
ford. surgeon of the general staif, Or
panized Militia of Delaware, has is
sued a circular urging the miliuamen
10 take the "bacterin" treatment TO
make them immune from typhoid
fever.
By this treatment a serum is inject
ed into the patient and it so fortunes
the person. receiving it that he is able
to ward OFF typhoid germs. Regular
ARMY soldiers. Including the artillery
men at Fort DUPONT, have been shoI
with the anti-typhoid serum, or "bac-
term " as il is called, and the result
has been a general conquest Oh typHo.u
fever But two soldiers contracted ty-
phoid in the maneuyer camps az 's.,i 9ar'
Antonio. where typhoid vaccination
was followed, but at Jacksonviile' oul
ing the Spanish war, 2Sl soldiers ul uleu
of typhoid and there we're 2osS cases
among 1878 men. ~
Major Marshall, his tather VI
George W. Marshall who is S'alS
Senator. and his brother, Or. saihucl
NJ. d. Marshall, all OF Miltor d'haNe
made exhaustive tests with the "
phoid serum and are convinced OIL us
efficiency. a.,
In fact. Senator Marshall IS oil the
opinion that there should be leelsla
tion enacted 10 enable the STATE boate
of Health to furnish the typhoio se.un scum
TO physicians as matter OF prOtec.lI,l
TO the public. Senator Marshaii pioo
ably will introduce a bill TO thls ei
feet in the next Legislature.
In his circular to the Militia Malo
William Marshall, Jr., says
"You do not have TO worry abou
exposure to the disease IN your pll
I vate life if you are artinclally piu
tected You can stay IN mousse VIZ
, tvphoid fever patient without muc
danger 10 Yourself, and can visit wit
S..imnunity an infected town or sectio
4 of inc country with tho least DANCE
of contracting the disease.
ssYou will be in line for precedenc
I'm selection of men TO attend tutur
manoeuver camps, for those who ar
4 not protected against the disease b
vaccination or by actual attack
4 tvphoid will most likely be LETT
home. so dreaded is this disease con
ing to be held by army men.
- "The average reaction is so mil
that practically no inconvenience
had and those inoculated are not II
terfered with in their work. TO |
4 specinc only one in every ten sufi'
from the symptoms which would
considered sufficient to complain
but these symptoms never last ov'
+. thirty-six hours, and absolutely nev'
cause any untoward conditions anec
ing the health afterwards.
TO get complete and positive pr
lection three injections, ten days
two weeks apart. arc necessary. TT
injections consist of killed typho
j fever germs, and are given hpy
4, dermically. The first dose contai
500, 600, 900 bacilli. the second al
third doses contain 1,000,O00000 eac
/ "To sum up the argument ] cam
4 too strongly advise all to volunte
for the procedure not only for q
good It will be to each individual mi
but for the patriotic motives involv
Yin lessenisg the dread disease in t
1 I community i'm which each man liv
Il and the assurance that in case of ne
Uncle Sam i'll be receiving into So
81 z vice soldiers of the most resista
/ character against this bugaboo of
i army surgeons as we'll as physical
a Il in general"