The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-06-20
BABIES OF JUBERcUlAR
MOTHERS MAY Be SAVED
Vaccination of Child and Feeding on
Immunized MIX WIN Prevent
Disease.
ABLE no MEASURE INFECTION
Great Progress Made by Science In
Minimizing Transmission of Con-
sudption From Mother to Child
Interesting Address by DIR. Castillo.

Seattle, Wash, June 19.--Dr. En-
rico Casteili gave a lecture before the
national congress for the prevention
of tuberculosis here recently in which
he said that babies could be saved
from tubercu1osis by the vaccination
of the mother. the vaccination Of the
child. and the feeding with immunized
| mix.
DR.. castelii presented the results of
research work in the serum diagno-
sis of tuberculosis as carried on by
the Royal Faculty of Medicine OF
Genoa, Italy, from which he is a
special delegate to this congress. He
said that the faculty of Genoa solved
all tsne most important problems OF
prophiiaxis and treatment OF tuber-
cuiosis by the application of blood
test Of the patient suspected Of being
tubercular.
THE serum diagnosis used at the
faculty OF Genoa differs from any
other applied until today. from the
fact that with II we established the
element OF infection. and the anti
bodies, or elements of defense. in
each serum or organic secretion" said
DR.. Castillo. by this test we ascer-
tain not only whether the patient
has tuberculosis. but how much he
has of II and IL he is In a condition
to defend himself against it.
Able TO Measure Infection.
I'VE have been able to meausre
the infection and also to measure
the degree of immunization. We have
discovered how much tubercular ma
terial Is needed to introduce In the
organism In order TO obtain COM
piete mmunizaton. and we have found
out how long the mmunfzation will
last.
I'VE were able 10 ascertain that a
vaccine made with dead baccilli has
the same immunizing value of the one
made with live or sensitized baccili.
but minus the facts of septic infiltra-
ton which forced our predecessors to
stop all trials on vaccination. We
vaccinate pregnant women, pregnant
animals and obtain products of con-
ception showing the features of COM
plete Illumination. .
Vaccination Valuable.
1--WE vaccinate babies during the
first six months, when the organism
shows q natural immunity against
tubercuiar infection. and we obtain
an Illumination. which In cases I'M
der our observation has proved to be
still active four years after the first
incubation of vaccine. We have
proved that immunization can also
be obtained introducing material per
via gastrea.'
DR.. Castelli went on TO say that II
the milk for Infants were obtained
from immunized animals or yaccinat-
ed mothers the principal source oil
infection would be elminated. also
that the meat of mmunized animals
contains the elements which will fght
against tuberculosis. He said that
the mixing of immunized material in
chicken food resulted In the Matching
OF eggs which showed an abundance
OF anti-botiies In the yolk, as we'll
as in the albumen. These eggs were
used in the diet of patients and pro-
duced the same biological changes
In the patient. said DIR. Castelli, as
was obtained with other methods OF
immunixation. He said.
I'm our conception. the baby made
immune through the vaccination of
the mother. self vaccination. and kept
in a condition of active reactivity
against possible Infection by the
feeding of immunixed milk. lis vic
tim stolen from tuberculosis"