Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-02-11
LIFTING OF FLU
BAN NOW SAFE,
SAYS DR.. BOND
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first time we have been led by blind
faith, and the end is not yet.
"And again the question, when will
it be permissible mot adyisable) to
reopen our schools and other BUSH
ness pdices? No one realizes the
importance of schools and churches
more than I, but l have always tried
to be optimistic and let US not grieve
over split milk but look forward and
avail ourselves of the opportunities
when presented.
"This will be a notice to the health
authorities of Americas that the num-
Der of new cases of influenza have de-
cidedly decreased within our city and
I believe it is again permissible for
US to resume our pre-infuenza voca-
lions, and to me it is not childish
act to again put on the lid, provided
conditions arise and our physicians
appear to be 'swamped under and
provided further that no better solu-
ton is offered than the one tried for
the third time"
mo conclusion was reached at Ma
CON-" DR.. Bond said. 1T was merely
discussion and an interchange OF
views. He declared the most inter
esting feature of the meeting were
the reports on the use of the new
vaccine. These, he said, showed re-
markable progress made in fighting
the malady, not single death, and
only very few cases of pneumonia hay
ing followed 10000 NEGOTIATIONS.
The following report of the Macon
conference appears in today's Tele-
graph
Interest during the influenza con-
ference, which was attended by about
fifty physicians and health authori-
ties at the Hotel Dempsey yesterday,
centered mainly on the discussion of
the value of vaccination" No definite
agreement was reached as to the
causes and treatment of influenza, but
the conclusive results which nave been
obtained in the use of Capt. G. r.
Motifs serum occasioned more than a
ripple of interest in the midst of
great deal of placid. matter-of- fact
discussion.
'Dr. Motif explained how he had OBJ
tanned the vaccine from repeated Gull
lures showing the presence of two
germs which give the name, streptoc,
occus-haemocurorruc, type ", to it.
His reports showed that in every in
stance where injections were made the
epidemic had subsided-that it mate
rally reduced cases of pneumonia, and
had absolutely cut out deaths. Out
of 10000 doses administered, no deaths
had resulted.
He testified that the serum had in
no ease resulted In harm to the pa
tient, the same dose given to human
beings having been administered to
guinea pigs without injury.
''The vaccine has been tried at Fort
Mcpherson, Georgia Tech, Oglethorpe
University, the Federal prison, OF
Waynesville, and on the hospital corps
men. DR.. Moffit has written to Sur
geon General Blue, and has been mott
fed that his results will be published.
''Upon the conclusion of this re-
port the proceedings of the meeting
'perked up decidedly in a rapid fire of
questioning.
at. F. Sellers, bacteriologist of the
state health department, formerly of
Macon and well known here, added the
testimony of his Office to the effective
ness of DR.. Moffitt's vaccine, $4,000
doses of which he had given in the
month Of January. From the reports
of so physicians, who had inoculated
1000 patients, he had learned that Sc
cases of "fiu" had occurred, and the
only case of pneumonia after the first
of the three injections required. Out
of $50 children inoculated there were
seven or eight cases of influenza and
one of pneumonia after the third In
lection. Other favorable results had
been obtained through the use of d
similar vaccine.
'Mr Sellers stated that he had sup
piled local drug company with sew
eral thousand doses of the preparation,
but was careful to add that he could
not recommend its use as it was as yet
purely experimental The results,
obtained from its use so far, however,
he said, were encouraging.
Influenza has shown a decided de-
cline in the last Is days, was the en-
couraging report of DR.. T. F. Aber-
crombie, secretary of the state board
of health. From an observation of $40
reports, he estimated that there had
been 100000 cases Of influenza, and