New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-14
allies TO MAKE
War ON CHOLERA
r,eoches Expected to Give
trouble in Combat
ing Disease.
,,n Gross OFFICIAL
TELLS OF THE WORK
,,.,rrd owen Says Preventive
MEASURES Are Bearing
Splendid Results.
rho rr,eun. correspondent

..-.r, Tho Tribune Correspondent
,.aor Jan. s1.-with every posn-
..sutionary measure being taken
".re,, an outbreak of chOlsrs and
-. ..,srv in the allied armies OF tho
medical men express the osliet
~, these dread seourges-ehoiers IN
- .;.,,ar-will he successfully com
hen warm weather comes. But
~ 80 there is apprehension, for IL
se,yl, 70 carry out sanitary reeu-
. JIM nr5er the peculiar conditions
= trench warfare.
e.. re South African war there were
.. ins cases OF dysentery traced 10 osd
~. In this war. as explained 70
ssST7 ,ihyDe bv Edmund Owen. an ON
ln af,Ie British Red Cross, the br't-
~ soldiers are permitted TO orihs no
- tina. has not been ooheo vi
..s5 with chloride Of lime. IN heI
ritb China Japan had loo,lfV ce'es
'rsv.entery. with $4,000 deaths
Tior cholera began TO appear IN
~. w" towns last October the army
$50 service here sent experts TO
n 1.. country 10 see what particular
~ - cholera bacillus was present
~ Viewing was at the head OF TINS
p n mission, which has now re-
impo .S a. is said. to be engaged IN
,rspsring a vaccine
Red Cross Ofacisl Talks.
:. a.,eribing the preventive meas
,,,, Mr. Owen ssid;
srvsrything possible 10 being Done
4. ,,sv,nt an outbreak Of cholera
.nt.ry and typhoid fever. The
.'.r,,s for all are practically sim
~ q thIpk the work which has been
~. 1, b.srng splendid results. The
p,i,;sb Red Cross Is cooperating with
=. army medical authorities TO this
- The health Of the men has been
rsmsrksoIe' ~, . II,L M
- NAT has not been boiled or
,,ss.,d with chloride Of lime. Neither
are they permitted 20 eat vegeta pies
hat are uneooked. for in the enorts 10
;,,r.s.. their crops many farmers DO
rst besitate TO use fertilizers that are
I, serious menace to health.
STbe work Of inoculating the men
,y,irst typhoid is progressing We'll
~. n IL strongly objected 70 by a
,rnber Of eranks in this country;
usrs Won INV such cranks in America
Would thew have the efrontery TO
,,ons that incubation was not OF
no utros. significance despite the rec.
s,s, Of your army? We have some OF
.bsss cranks here, and they should be
80, ~ 7, is hard 10 find language
rropg enough 70 express contempt lot
Aei, misguided efforts
Sir William Osler Interested.
Y, Owen was referring TO a crusade
s,,r vaQed here by persons who are
r,osed 70 incubation of the troops
,,sin.t -vpboid. This crusade is be-
,g eomhated by Sir William Osler
,rd o.ber we'll known physicians, and
rarv publications viii no longer &C
cent their advertising notices. Inc
censor was finally called on TO sup
press their Examinations.
There have been reports that there
vas not sufficient tetanus antitoxln az
he front. Mr.. Owen Informed Inc
tribune that the sntitoXin was avail
able in sufficient quantities, but II was
sometimes impossible TO use 1t at q
lime when il would be of value.
"There are occasions when 1t 10 I'M
,cssble 70 give the treatments, ne
added, (which are brought about by
conditions prevailing on the field OF
seton. The soil Of France, because 81
the system Of fertilization for many
wears, has lent itself TO the propsga-
lion OF the tetanus germ
Sir Frederick Treves showed recent
N that since the war began there has
been only 2l2 cases Of typhoid fever
among the soldiers Of the British ex-
peditionary force, and of that number
snl were unprotected men, for l!S had
rot been inoculated st all, and only
eleven fully inoculsted. But not one
inoeulated man in the whole force had
died from the disease.