Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-08

person tx susceptible to the disease /,
req mark appears: otherwise. he l.
Immune.
Tube rcuiin Similarly I'repnrea.
tubercuiin. preparation given In
uctefnllile whether or not Il person ba.
tuberculosis. Is made in much ~
same way AS the diphthcria toxin IN
Jected into til" horse. The tub.rcuI,,
Dac'iii are isolated into a culture ana
placed In an Incubator where ua M,
grow. they produce II poison. IN,
whole preparation is then put through
inter the bacilli separated from III.
poison. which is then known as In
pefcuiih There are several varieties
oi tupercuiin, but the results produc
Ell by All are much the same IF .
patient has not tuberculosis no ,,iii
, Feel no i'll cfccts-nuy. in fact. f.,,
even Il triHc Stimulatcd--bu If hc b,v
tuberculosis reaction will bc owl
aeht. lie VIII run II temperatures ox
pcrlehcc general lassitude and sbn.
symptoms Of a rash around the surf,c,,
Of in0culatioii
Hhtl-te,ahns serum is also made ,v;,,
the assistance OF the horse. The t.i.
nus germ. however. is deadly and ,nua,
ne handled with greater cxuctittidc ana
care than any other bacillus. Tb. moi
son produced by this germ IL also
stronger than any other toxin which
'act may b" appreciated when II ,s
said that Nv" millionths OF a rr,,,
OF t"tanus poison viii kill a mouac
While the serum has been rennr,,
az very successful In curing a Lr,c
proportion Of tctanus cases It's rro.,
est success is an n preventive wbcn
injected into wounded soldiers bcfor.
the disease has had n chnncc to form
VI "a different order from serum ar.
the Nacctnes employed as immuuizers
by the medical professions Every nv.
Is more or lcss familiar with the vac
cination mark which is his pmssuorr
INTO the public schools. and with Tho
Tact that ;hc smallpox vaccine is con
uion,ed by COWS. but the mysteries
OF the typhoid vaccine arc no, %
widely known strong and viril.
typhoid orga nisn il put III !. flask con
tanning certain suitable material ana
paced IN an Incubator To grow.
Hariili Are Then Killed.
NJ the end or short period ihc,s
VIII be numerous bacilli. which ar.
taken out aud killed. usually by hca,
and then tested upon animals TO de-
tcrinine their satisfactory condition.
The animals used in this case are III.
guinea pig. the rabbit and mouse But
before they ar. injected into the human
anatomy the dead germs must h..
counted. This is done by making :,
mixture OF blood and bacilli, with so
much hacilli for each corpuscle oc
blood. Aftcr Il further test on the ami
inais. this mixture is put in small Walls
and dipped in AN antiscptic nuid to pre-
vent amy other organism from enter
Ing and shipped To the drug ccnters o,
the cities.
Anti-typhoid vaccination il becor,
ing NOR" and NOR" popular I'm this
country. $4,000 p.opI. having presented
themselves for vaccination last wear IN
one state alone, but IL ~ not cornpui.
sorry anywhere except In the army In
most countries in Europe IL is com
pulsory. AT the beginning OF the war
ti.h l,..I
Guilty in enforcing Vaccination among
me Vo!untcers-!Or Il Briton hates to
be compelled 10 do anything but now
there is ltttl" opposition. II has proved
its necessity.
II is difficult to cover In the space
OF one shor, article IN. many v;,r;eti.,
OF vaccincs and scrumS on the marker,
SON" ar" stu! in the experimental
stage. such as that given for pncu-
moni;i; some have st!ii to prove their
success. and others, such AS those used
Tor snakc-bitc and meningitis reuui-,
great deal OF explanations In con-
'insion II may he said thai the !abora-
tories manufacturing thcse products
are under government supervision 90
that the animals. the Instruments and
the clothing OF the chemists are clean
and clean in the medical sense. which
~ said TO be exaggerated The scruins
and Naccin"s are bought In the open
market by members Of tho United
states Public Health Service and test
ed AT the government hysicnic lahora-
tory with the standards maintained by
that institution. The work IL done
efficiently and exactly. for which III.
Public Health Service deserves much
praise. for the approximation provided
for this work is small. Last year. for
the first time Congress appropriated
$4,000 10 safeguard scrums used
against disease OF man" while 100000
has regularly been appropriated to
supervise scru,ns used FOR hog cholera.