The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-08-02
Discoveries by French Scientists That Promise to Wpe Out Typhoid
The Latest and Most Sue
cessful Treatment by Pro-
lessor Vincent, the Military
Doctor, Consists in In
jecting ,OOO,O0O,0OO Dead
Microbes Killed by Ether
Without Heating or Anti
septics.

"RENCH medical publications announce
r. that French scientists have at last per
fectcd vaccine which is certain pre-
ventiye OF typhoid fever when inoculated in
advance. Experiments With vaccines for this
purpose have been going on In many countries
but the French claim that they were pioneers
in the work and have now brought the vaccine
10 a higher degree OF perfection tran other
scientists.
The use OF the vaccine has become general
in thu French army. Al present it Is only
certain remedy when inoculated in advance.
but 1t has some value when administered
daring an attack OF tho disease Experiments
are now being conducted to make II erec-
tive cure.
Typhoid. It should be remembered stand.
f',n among the causes Of death in the United
states and Is increasing IL severity. It.
France Il Kills 900 yea out OF population
=. less than 4OOOO90U
fA4 hrst experiments with antityphoid
vaccine upon animals began IN France about
twenty !esrs ago. Conservative scientists
~ not dare 10 experiment on man at that
tine, because human typhoid 'eyc~ differs con.
> t"raD!v from that ~ animals and hey could
af' draw = reliable conclusion from the i'm.
ain.tE torferre On the latter Distinguish
biologists advised :. would rot be wise 20 iry
re irUed, On man until they had succeeded in
ing trIe typhoid iever % the chmpanzes
i'l anima. beng practically tHe same man
: ia the pHysicai point q, view. Experiments
'lsrefore. vent on slowly. achieving progress
.t..a by little. hat nov attracting the attention
o.. the general public
There are nov tNo kinds .: antityphold
'trcine n EraHoe one = the civil vaccine
90 Pro-. iaa-e:uesss. vno s. = physician a,
80 ilot"! piNu Hospital. and me other the
rii!tary vaccine Of Prof Vincent, who Is a
;-o'sSs9- ia me sfea; Military Hospital o.
Na.dsGrace. 81 PAS Each os these Two
. .-ntists recognizes th- efiiCNcy % his rivals
''ccine while maintaining that his own IS
.psr4O-. Inc experiment of Prof Chaute-
asse NA-e Frs made public. but II seems
Irooao.e that the N!ncen' preparation will Ue
&. md supe'ior ;or eenersi purposes.
lhe general principle or all vaccines is TO IN
''1duce into the healthy body the agent % a
.e3se under sdcH conditions TO bring on a
c-'easlve reaction. which prevents the disease
. 'li d~v- upirS ana hereafter COnfers on the
SD OCT 80 Immunity lasting FOR A VARYING
- .,d again he disease
TO resIizs tIis double condition the scientists
20! themselves confronted with two contra
o.aiort requirement. IN order 70 obtain the
E.ea-"st !mmul.'t 70 seems desirable TO IN
i.aie virus "a .ttle weakened as possible.
- ne ner aaat SEE doctor must take care
ma Jhe inOcua;ion docs not Kill the pa:lsn. o.
S.ye tue boGr too violent a shock.
In some cst-5 scientists follow the method
On. preparing ya'c.lr- ny heating perfected hy
t'Nenr ant HE 1ss.s'an-. RouN Nv this
method they heat the disease mcrobe 20 a
;ups7d;Hre which allows Il % I've but d.
finishes its activity. In making an'i.typhoid
.eeciue they employ s.er.iized cul,ures hat
.- % say. dead microbes. BY this method they
'atioduee into he body tie peculiar sub.
-'ances principally toxins. which are contained
n "a" BODY oi tne mlcTODs.
The use % s'e1ii'zed cultures = much safer
- me paiieni for = a vaccine contains living
microbes the, may multiply n the body and
eventually increase toe ~ curious action o, the
hacilll already there This q apt IN happen
mere patent inocGs'ed s. IN the incubA
.:on stage o; 'as disease TACT Which the doc
'or cannot generally diagnose
Nov tle m CODES mas 10 killed By heat or