The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-01-25
VACCINATION III
PREVENT TYPHOID
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MENTs AND REsU lTs.
WASHING TON. Jan, fhe de
apartment OF agriculture has taken up
| the study OF typhoid fever unusual
ithouhg ii may seem. The inyesHga:
Ition was undertaken because d great
many cases OF typhoid occur among
1.-The men engaged in field work for
1.-THE department. Secretary James
| Wilson appointed a committee 10 In
tYestigate the whole. subject Of ty-
phold fever and its prevention. This
committee, composed OF Logan Waller
Page, John II. Motler and Edwin F..
Smith, made report that proved
to be so concise and clear that Sec
I, rotary Wilson has issued it for gem
3eral circulation.
The tenor Of the bulletin is em-
minently practical. 1t can be ult.
i derstood by anyone. Sanitary pre-
lcautlons are prescribed for persons
not Immediately threatened with the
disease, and those living in the
neighborhood where there is some
typhoid.
Vaccination against typhoid is
strongly recommended for persons
exposed to any kind OF field service
or those whose business requires
them to live away from home much
of the time. and who are compelled
to live under all kinds OF conditions,
often not the most sanitary.
1.-THE safety and certainty Of anti
typhoid vaccination as method of
protection against the disease have
been conclusively demonstrated dur.
ing the last 10 years by the expert.
ments in the United States army, the
English army and the Japanese
army" says Secretary Wilson.
Attended by Little Discomfort.
The initial discomfort from the In
oculation is not more than that caused
by the ordinary hypodermic injection,
and the subsequent brief reaction Is
usually less than in case of yaccina.
ton against smallpox. The inocula'
tions are made at intervals OF 10 days,
the entire time thus requiring 20 days.
The injection is always made under
the skin, not into the skin or muscle,
and the site usually selected is the
arm. The committee OF investigation
appointed by Secretary Wilson in Its
report, says in part:
In recent years it has been dis
covered that by injecting under the
skin small quantity of o dead tyit
phoid culture OF known strength the
body would react against these
organisms in the same way as against
the living bacteria in the bowels and
with the same result. namely, the
increased the body Of anti-bodies
which persists for a considerable
period, rendering the person resist
ant to the disease.
@In the British army In India,
typhoid inocuiation has been prac'
ticed on a large scale, A record shows
that there have been about 10 times
! as many cases Of typhoid among the
non.inoculated as among those in.
oculated troops, and about five times
as many cases occurred among the
unlnoculated troops. In 20 regi-
ments there have been is cases and
I no deaths from typhoid among the
Finoculated men (s,754t and 6S cases
and IA deaths among the uninoculated
! G,S76).
Beneficial Results Achieved.
Striking results have been obtain-
ed in the United States army. In
EQUATIONS have been made com.
pulsory and everybody has been in.
oculated from the secretary OF war
down. In the recent maneuyers at
San Antonio, Tex, there were III.
sol men, all inoculated.
Among these men there was but
one case OF typhoid and the victim
! recovered During this period 10
| cases OF typhoid and 10 deaths we're
| reported among the citizens Of San
Antonio. At Galveston, Tex where
a lesser number Of troops were also
stationed, there were 1872 cases Of
typhoid among the citizens and not .
single one among the inoculated
troops. ",
In both San Antonio and Calves
ton, the troops had large freedom in