The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-06-16

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 pr. Enrfco Castel1i, specral delegate from the Faculty of Medicine of Genoa, Italy. to the Medical Profes- sion of the United States, announced at yesterdays meeting of the Patho- logical Section eof the Nation As sociation for the Study and Proven tdons of Tuberculosis, Q 8method of serum dfagnosas of tuberculosis, per fected by himself and his colleagues at the University of Genoa. He stat ed that by this test he was able to determine the amount of tuberculosis infection, the degree of immunity against the disease, how much matter must be introduced into the body to obtain complete immunity, and how long this immunity will last.
 He predicted that in less than fifty years immunity from tuberculosis would be as thoroughly accomplished as in the case of smallpox
 He said: 'eWe have applied sue cessfuI1y the method Of vaccination against tuberculosis, conceived for tn e first time by Mara agIiano in 1903. We are able now to apply this vace1na- beings and animals and we have 1 shown that we can even vaccinate pregnant women and animals and ob- tain products showing features of complete iInmunization- We also 1 have evaccinated babies during the
 
 body shows natural immunity against tuberculosis infection, and we have obtained immunity which in some cases has proved to be still ae- tive four years after the frs inocu- 1ation of vaccine
 More important still, acting on the knowledge that much of the tubercl- ious infection, in infancy is contract ed through milk, which forms the principal element of infant diet. we concluded that if! we adopted for the | feeding of babies milk obtained vaccinated mothers, we would elimi- nate the principal source of infection of this disease. The first six months | of life is the best period for storing the new organism wrrh all the mate | rial defense necessary to react against a future possible infection. In our opinion, the baby that is made i'm mune through the Vaccination of the mother and characterization, and kept in a condition of active reactivity 1 against a possible infection by the feeding of immunized milk, is a vic ! tim stolen from tuberculosis We have succeeded in training a group of ] farmers in the province of Genoa in the technique of immunization of ami maIs, and have demonstrated to them the milk thus obtained does not change, either in taste or in it's nour- ishing qualities.
 we feel that we are in position now to master in a logical and sys- tematic way the problem of prophy- 1aMs of tuberculosis and that we have acquired a. better understanding of it's l treatment. The Faculty of Genoa, is convinced that by applying to the pre- i vention of tubercu1osis all the means at our disposal in less than fifty years from now we would accomplish in tuberculosis what Jenner has accom- p1ished in smallpox AS part of a campaign which we had planned in Italy before the war, using the boards of health as agencies, we recom- mended the following program:
 '1- An extensive and regular use 1 of serum diagnosis in hospitals, dis pensaries and private practice to se- ! cure earlier recognition of tubercuIo- sis
 t2. Compulsory vaccination of all babies under six months of age. The vaccination has been proven absolute ly harmless.
 .t8. Advising vaccination of wo- men who are about to have children.
 A. Establishment of farms and dairies supplying irnmunized milk for exclusive use of children or adults showing evidences of tuberculosis.
 ''5. Vaccination of pregnant cows, to secure innmunized products of con- ception-
 s.e. The administration to tuber-