The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-17
Professor Vincent, the Military Ply
stefan, Administering His Vaccine
Which Is Made from Many Races
of Microbes Killed by Ether Without
Heating.

Other vacoines prepared without heating had
caused considerable sickness, but DR.. Vincent
reports that this feature Is entirely absent from
his treatment. He attributes this principally
to the relatively small number OF microbes in
1ected and the absence OF the antseptics The
pain which followed the use OF heated vaccine
In the Japanese army led to its abandonment
for time.
The two vaccines have already given most
valuable results to the French army and nation
and under various conditions
In 1911 the Minister OF War instructed a
scientific delegation to practice the anti-typhoid
vaccine on the troops operating on the frontier
of Algeria and Morocco. Among the unvacci-
mated men there were 116 cases and deaths
among a thousand men. No case occurred
among the men inooulated with the Vincent
vaccine. The Chantemesse vaccine noculated
In A soldiers gave very satisfactory results.
After this preliminary test the Vincent
cine was used on much larger scale. At the
end Of 1912 the number OF vaccinated soldiers
reached 10000 In the French-Afrcan colonies
and 81 900 in France. Among these $1,000 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 1123 cases among 1000 men, with
l.59 deaths In Africa. 3.67 cases with o.47
deaths In France per thousand soldiers In each
year. In September, 1919, very violent cpl
demic broke out in the garrison OF Avignon
numbering 2,o53 men. Among 1866 inoculat-
ed men, s.41 of whom underwent incubation
during the epidemic, there not a single
case of typhoid Among the 6s7 unnoculated
men there we're 155 cases and 81 deaths.
During a typhoid epidemic at Paimpol In
Brittany 400 inoculated civilians escaped
while the rest OF the population showed $50
cases and IL deaths In 1912 the minister OF
marine authorized optional typhoid vaccina-
ton among the crews of the navy and the gov.
eminent workmen In the naval ports. Among
a total of $1,000 uninoculated men there were
642 cases from April to the end OF December,
1912. 3.107 inoculated men escaped completely.
So far the anti-typhoid vaccine has been re.
gGrded primarily as n preventive remedy. In
the OF soldiers and men who are likely to
run grave danger from typhoid infection It Is
we'll worth while for them TO be protected by
incubation in advance. especially when the
treatment causes sickness. Whether the
average civilian Will wish to protect himself
In this way against problematio danger Is OF
course doubtful. There Is. however. strong
reason to believe that the vaccine has a cura-
tive value when administered during the dis.
ease. but 1t has not yet been prepared In the
right form for this purpose 1t has been test
ed several times during the progress OF the
disease. Sometimes 1t produces remarkably
sudden cure, at other times 1t appears to cause
only slight improvement. while In other cases
the result Is absolutely nil.
1t has not yet been determined for what
period tho vaccine gives immunity against
typhoid.