The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-08-02
Professor Vincent, the Military Ply
stefan, Administering His Vaccine
Which Is Made from Many Race,
of Microbes Killed by Ether Withou
Heating.

Other vacciaes prepared without heating hal
caused considerable sickness but d. Vincen,
reports that this feature IS entirely absent from
MS treatment. lie attributes this principally
20 the relatively small number OF microbes In
ieo'ed and the absence OF the aniiseptfcs Tht
pain which followed the use OF heated vaccine
IN the Japanese army led 10 It's abandonment
for time
The two vaccines have already given mos,
valuable results 10 the French army and nation
ana under various conditions
In 1911 the Minister OF War ins.-ucted .
scientific delegation 10 practice the anti.tvphold
vaccine on the troops operating on the frontier
" Algeria and Morocco Among the unvacc!.
mated men there We're 10 cases and S deaths
among a thousand men No case occurred
among the men inOculated with the Vincent
vaccine. Tho Chantemesse vaccine inoculated
IN ~ soldiers gave very satisfactory results
AFTER this preliminary test the Vincent vac
cine was used on much larger scale. A. the
end o: 1912 the number OF vaccinated soldiers
reached 10000 In the French-African colonies
and $1,000 in France. Among these A. 600 men
not single death has occurred. The ONLY mis-.
hap noted was one case OF sickness in Algeria
which was attributed to the Use OF vaccine that
was too old Before this there had been on the
average 1923 cases among 1000 men with
80 deaths in Africa. 367 cases wish O47
deaths in France per thousand soldiers in each
year. in September. 1912. n very violent epi.
demic broke out in the garrison 90 Avignon
numbering 2O53 men. Among $3.50 inoculst
ed men. sal ~ whom underwent inoculation
during the epidemic. there was not single
men there were 1856 cases and q deaths
During a typhoid epidemic a, Pa!mpoI IN
Brittany. 400 inoculated civilians escaped
while the rest OF the population showed $50
cases and IL deaths. In 1912 the minister ~
marine authorized optional typhoid vacc,na.
lion among the crews 81 the navy and the gov.
eminent workmen IN the naval ports Among
a total or $1,000 uninocuated men there ve-e
~ cases from April 70 the end OF December
1912. 3lO7 inOculated men escaped completely
80 far the an'i-typho!d vaccine has been 70
gaTded primarily a. a preventive remedy In
me cas-" o. soldiers and men who are likely n
Thn grave danger from typhoid Infection Il e
well worth while Tor them 20 he protected q,
incubation ia advance. especially when m,
treatment causes mo- sickness Whether ths
average civilian VIII 0ish 20 protect himse
n this way arain-' q p-oh'euati- danre- BE- 90.
course doubi.r.. Tle-e ie however s.rcns
reason 20 believe tina. the vaccine has cu-a
i've value when administered during Tho d.a
ease but 80 has not vet becu prepared 10 .hs
isAi form for this purpose 10 mas been fest
,l several times during the progress a. IN,
disease Sometimes g. produces 70 -e-rs-kapi,
sudden cure a' other times 60 appears to cans,
'nlF slight uprnvenent While In other case,
ile result is ab. oiuteiv ni'
u has NOT YET neen determined fo- 49,,
period the vaccine gives immunity ara,Bt,
typhoid s''N'