Bisbee daily review., 1918-12-26
VITAL ARTICLE
 ON INFLUENZA
 IS REPRODUCED
Dr. Hyrnan L. Goldstein Writes Important Message on the Disease, Fts Treat ment and ITnmunization

Hyman L. Goldstein. N. D.. a cele- brated physician of New Jersey, has written most vital article regarding treatment for prevention of influenza in the last issue of the Medical Coun- cil, which is important to every one at this time. In this article he deals with the practical side of immuniza- ton from the dread disease by means of vaccine. This part of his article is reproduced here as follows:
 lmmunization.
 Those exposed to infection, CT in danger of being exposed, and all mem bers of families where a case of this epidemic influenza is already exist ing. should be inOculated and i'm munized with combined influenza vac sine in fairly large doses. There is now little doubt as to the great pro- phylactic value of properly and fresh- lv prepared combined influenza vac cine-vaccine containing B. influenzae. micrococcus catarrhalis, pneumOcocci, streptococc and stphyloeocci and prob ably also B. friedlander. Many hun dreds of employees of the Bell Tele- phone company of Pennsylvania were immunized with the mixed vaccine and most encouraging were the Ie- suits. From all over the country most satisfactory results were obtained from the prophylactic use Of these Vaccines. Very few of those persons early and properly inoculated devel- oped the disease. Even the few who were immunized and then taken down with the disease, did not have a se- ve-e attack and were quite free of complications. In my own expert ence, only two or three developed slight symptoms of the disease. and they promptly recovered ont of a fairly large number that were inCc- u'ated for rr0phylactc purposes.
 "Dr. Solomon Soils Cohen believes that the mixed bacerins (vaccines) are as valuable and efficient in the treatment and prophylaxis of injlu- enza and its complications as mer- cury in syphilis and quinine in ma laria
 "Dr. William [. Robertson has even used the mixed vaccines in hundreds of cases, intravenOusly, with most wonderful results, in the treatment of the disease and its complications.
 Thousands of soldiers have been so inoculated in several of the army camps. Thousands of people were successfully inoculated and saved from serious illness in New York city. Chi oago. Philadelphia and other places.-
 s'Prophylactic immuniZation has further been practically demonstrated in many of the large industrial plants in the Philadelphia vicinity which ter ritory was sooner affected by the cpl demic influenza. Notably among the largest plants was the Philadelphia Electric company. the American Inter- national Shipbuilding corporation on Hog Island, the American Bronze corporation, and many others from which reports have not yet been pub lished
 "Dr Bowes, physician in charge of the Philadelphia Electric company, undertook the immuniZation of over 4O00 men. On October r, three weeks after the second injection, he has a record of only three men having con
 
 slight, one of them having developed pneumonia, and all returned to work within three days.
 Some of the employees of the Phil adelphia Elecric company who had contracted influenza before the course of prophylactic immuniZation was in- stituted, were treated with the in- fluenza vaccine, and not one of these cases died.
 These favorable results prompted other large industrial plants and pub lie institutions, including the boards of health, to employ immediate prophylaxis toward preventing the spread of this influenza epidemic Notable among these institutions are the United States Steel corporation. American Steel & Wire Co. of Ohio, Bell Telephone company of Pitts burgh, Pa, and others
 'In my experience, reaction was of no consequence, and if it occurred, was very slight. The tenderness and stiffness of arm injected passed off in A to AS hours.
 Immunity probably lasts from six to eight months"