The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-07-26
NINETY men SHOT
SHOT IN THE ARM IL RIGHT
ALL THE BOYS INOCULAT-
ED THIS MORNING.

Capt.. BaSSett, a SurseOn IN the
Third Indiana infantry. arrived yes
terday with the intention of giving
Company E the incubation against
typhoid. But in view of the festivi-
ties TO be INDUCED in last night, he
deferred the unsayory ceremony un-
til at 9 o'clock this morning. Ninety
men were treated. One man, Gilman.
tainted shortly after receiving the
serum. In a short time most of the
company admitted that they felt
funny" Many of them really suf-
fered a thickness of utterance from
the poisons. There are two more in
EQUATIONS TO follow. and a vaccina-
ton for smallpox. 1t may be need
less to say that they do not look for
ward TO it with any degree of pleas
ure.
A Daily Leader reporter was pres
ent this morning when the inocula-
ton was administered. Capt. Basset
handled the hypodermic. giving each
man onehalf a~c. c. OF the serum.
The routine was this: The men
came TO a line, much as in approach
ing a voting place or ticket window.
Lieut.. Walden painted the arm with
iodine. and as the line passed Capt.
Bassett he seized the painted mem
Der. pinched the skin up between his
fingers. inserted the needle about an
an inch. injected the colorless fluid
and withdrew the needle. SeTgt. Nc
Gillivray ~thereupon again painted
the spot with iodine, and chased them
from the room. At the same time
clerks checked the names from the
roll.
During the progress of the work,
Capt. Linstad removed the needles
from the syringes and dropped them
into boiling water, at the same time
fixing a fresh one from the water.
Capt. Bassett filled each syringe from
a little bottle to a graduation on the
side of the instrument. The whole
proceeding was marked with nervous
good natur and chaff. The longer
members We're recommended two in
iections. one i'm the leg and one in
the arm. in order TO be certain Of
reaching all parts of the body. None
received this extra attention. how
ever.
In just a week Capt. Bassett will
return and administer another like
treatment, but with double the
amount Of serum. At the same time
he will y~accinate against smallpox.
He said today hat that double treat
ment. with the double sized dose,
would be the first TO cause the boys
any real discomfort.
The efficacy of this treatment has
proven of inestimable value to the
army. said Capt. Linstad this morn
ing. Normally there have been about
5000 men out of 10000 either in
the ineipient stages of typhoid, or
really in the hospital with serious
cases. In the three years since the
use of the serum was introduced the
average has not run over three or
four TO the normal 10000 men. and
those eases are usually traced To
some cause other than the efficacy
of the treatment.
Capt. Bassett said hat the fluid is
a erum. liz is obtained i'm the same
manner as is most serums. In this
ease they use guinea pigs. The lit
tie animals are taken at birth. grown
i'm ideal surroundings of cleanliness
and fed on nothing but ~pasteuriZed
and steriliZed milk until they have
attained the growth wished. Then
they are given typhoid. When the
fever has run its course. and the an
finals are on the way to recovery.
their blood is drawn and allowed to
CONCEAL. The colorless fluid is re
moved. This is the serum
In all diseases of this nature the
cause is a bacillus. The rules of the
bacillus game is for them to grow
and multiply i'm the blood for a time.
Then from the poisons which they
themselves generate by their deaths.
the whole tribe is killed. 1t is this
poison, injected in the cireulatory
system of the mar which poisons ty-
phoid germs which are ambitious 10
attack him. This is the poison oh
tanned from the colorless portion of
the blood, which is thrown into the
human system. called serum
Begun in small portions. eontinu-
ed. and gradually increased in size
the human system shows what il
known as federation" for poisons.
Thus men learn to chew. smoke. take
cocaine, or even the poison of the
r~attlesnake. The administrations of
serums is of the same class. except
that ii is for a good. and will ward
off the greatest seourge of armies.
Lieut.. Wethe said, nothwithstand-
ing the statement of the surgeon that
il would not have any appreciate
weakening effect on the men, that
there would be many claim exemp-
tions from duty today. He is in
elined TO be tolerant of such claims,
too.