New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-07
Eight Gallons of Immune
and 3 of Normal Fluid
Have Been Drawn.
INCREASE IN CASES
LESS THAN EXPECTED
Arrangements Going For
ward for Opening of
Schools Sept. 25.

Reports Of the Department of Health
yesterday showed an increase Of ten in
the number of new cases of infantile
paralysis. and a. increase of one in the
number of deaths, as compared with
Tuesdays reports. The new cases were
ifty-three and the deaths twenty-five.
Eight gallons OF blood for the prepa-
ration OF immune serum 70 be used in
the treatment OF victims Of the infan-
tile paralysis epidemic have been given
since August by $50 persons who
have recovered from the disease, &C
cording 70 figures made public yester-
day by the Department Of Health. From
this blood between four and I'VE gal
Ions Of serum have been made. and
intraspinal injections given in 1873
cases, most Of them children.
Besides this Dr. Abraham Zingher,
OF the Willard Parker Hospital. has
drawn more than three gallons Of blood
from the veins OF forty persons who
have never had the disease The gallon
and half OF serum prepared from this
normal blood has been used in the
treatment Of ffty-two children.
DR.. Zingher said yesterday in prac-
ticslly every one Of the cases treated
by these two methods-the intraspinal
injection Of immune and normal blood
serum beneficial results had been OBJ
served. These results have been espe-
clally noticeable in the cases treated
with the former al an early stage Of the
disease. In most cases where lumbar
puncture mas been made and an injec-
ton OF immune serum given within a
few hours after the beginning Of the
disease actual paralysis has failed TO
develop or II mas been slight Results
Of the normal blood treatment have
been similar, although the benefit has
not been so great.
New York People Respond.
Figures Of the department show that
the people OF New York VINO have suf-
fered from paralysis and recovered
are responding In increasingly larger
numbers 20 the appeal for blood
In the week ending last Saturday the
department obtained 231 ounces OF i'm
mune blood from twenty-nine persons.
This was exceeded only during the
week ending August 70. when IN rty-
one persons gave PSI ounces. Yester-
day DR.. Zingher obtained ffty-fve
ounces from FIVE persons. Among them
were Miss Margaret Enson. OF 1872
EiChtv-sixth Street. BROOKLYN. who
gave SIX ounces. and William Cooney.
Of 283 Kingsland Avenue. Brooklyn.
VINO gave seventeen ounces.
COoney's contribution was the largest
quantity OF blood drawn from the veins
Of any one person since the department
made % appeal. Twelve ounces were
drawn by Dr.Zingher from woman who
is Librarian 40 one of the branches OF
the Public Library. but VINO asked that
her name be withheld.
Still Need More Blood.
The quantity OF blood which has been
obtained is: Week ending August y
80 ounces OF immune blood who
which % patients were treated, and 81
ounces Of normal blood for : pa
tients; week ending August l9-25l
ounces OF immune blood for 45 patients
and 50 ounces of normal blood for :
patients. week ending August 26-l7s
ounces Of immune blood for 50 and 90
ounces Of normal blood for 20 patients:
week ending September 2-231 ounces
Of imumne blood for so and = ounces
q normal blood for Is patients.
tine quantity Of blood which we
have obtained" said DR.. Zingher. "ls
only a small portion Of the quantity We
need and should have 20 get the best
results from the treatment We could
use ten or twenty times As much.
wish every person IN New York who
has had the disease would come 20 the
hospitals and give blood. ! believe they
would do so 4 they could only be i'm
pressed with the fact that a few ounces
Of their blood might be the means Of
saving some child's life or preventing
10 from being a cripple. In practically
every instance where immune blood
serum mas been used the results have
been beneficial a7d in some cases been
really remarkable
Think Reports Hopeful
Health officials considered the re-
ports Of yesterday as a hopeful and en-
couraCing ind .catiOn that the epidemic
was definitely on the downward trend.
A larger increase had been expected
after the two-day holiday
Health Commissioner Haven Elmer
son said yesterday that he considered
the epidemic 20 be on It's last legs so
far as Brooklyn and Richmond were
concerned He expects those boroughs
20 show only normal number Of cases
within a week Department officials ex-
pect the epidemic 10 last longer in
Manhattan. where the crest was
reached later than in other boroughs.
Last week the daily average Of new
cases was 66. while for the first four
DAYS OF this week the average has been
ONLY 46.5. Week before last 70 was l06.
1T is encouraging 20 the Health De
rartment also" said DR.. Emerson, "to
note that the mortality OF the con
tagious and diarrh9al diseases con-
tiuues 20 remain lower than last year.
The mortality Of the following diseases
was lower in the last week than N the
corresponding week OF 1915: Measles,
whooping cough, typhoid fever, cerebro-
spinal meningitis, diarrhpal diseases.
pulmonary tuberculosis and diseases OF
the nervous system.
Last Weeks Deaths, l,3ss.
"The total number % deaths reported
last week was 1885, as compared with
l.5i5 reported during the previous
week the death rate for last week be