The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-26
PROTECTION AGAINST wHoop1NG COUCH

My good colleague. in fact every quaek doc- tors colleague (please omit wisecracks) Is the well known John J. Coincidence. Jack is not It. His fame extends to Denmark too.
 "The greatest difficulty in the appraisal of
 the effect of the whooping cough vaccination
 IS that no suitable control material s at
 hand" So writes Dr Thorvald Madsen, from
 the state serum Institute, Copenhagen.
 That doesn't matter to q quaek, nostrurm ven. dor or q testimonial writer. But it should mat ter to any honest individual who has c modi- cum of common sense.
 If q thousand guest eoekroaehos in the homo of IA ar are ib'eraily treat treated with sodium huoride sand guest rohees in the home of neighbor 5 are provided with tho same food, shelter and everything except the sodium Auor!de. the 19,. S23 B.roaehes will serve as an excellent con. trol in the appraisal of the value of sodium fuoride powder as Q roach exterminator or re. or sn'" y's tho eher Rana nd inereaDed mortality rate among the dogs, eats, or children in tho A household. that will show where dogs. cats or children can get t in their mouths or on their hands or feet or food.
 In an epidemic Of whooping cough In the Farce Islands in 1929 and in m earlier epidem-
 c in 1s23-24, some valuable control observa- tionS were made. Tn tho earlier epidemic whooping cough vaccine was given to s.oe4 individuals but none was given in 627 other cases. The vaccine then used did not prove of any value as preventive, but did make the ill., ness milder ana dld loWer tne uchtH fute, WHICH only one-twelfth as great in the vaccinated group as 1t was in the unvaccinated.
 Ut is unfortunate that the medical profession persists in calling such treatment vaccination. 1" for 1t is not vaccination. It is not inoculation. No disease or disease germ or virus is injected or inaculated. Only the chemical substance of the killed bateria is injected This applies not only to whooping cough, but to diphtheria, typhoid, tuberculosis and other specific dis eases in which bacterins are employed either as prophylaxis or as treatment. Smallpox is the only disease against which vaccination Is em- pioyed-a true inoculation of disease virus)
 In ne :anas E1 sous the Bordet- Gengou bacterin and 446 were not. This time the treatment prevented the develop ment of the disease in 458 of the 1882 indivi- duals. whereas of the 446 individuals who did not receive the bacterin only escaped the disease. then, offers a good chance of preventing the attack if given before or immediately after ex- posture, and moderates the severity of the at- tack if given before the whoop develops QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Endurance
 I am attempting 18 mile endurance swim. making eight or nine miles steady swimming overland trudgcOn stroke What kind of nour- ishmcnt should take on a swim like that? (F. c. M.)
 Answer-Cane sugar or glucose in solution as in tea from flask or special cup served from your attending rowboat. Or milk choco- late or any kind of candy you prefer. Eating Fruit
 For years I have taken one or two oranges or their juice. every morning for breakfast, or for a change sometimes grapefruit. Now some friends say citrus fruits condemned as un-
 healthful. (Mrs d. B. J.)
 | Answer-If you like the fruit or fruit juice | every day it is healthful Send dime and
 stamped envelope bearing your address. for booklet Guide to Right Eating"
 Immunity Against Typhoid
 Some time ago you wrote that some people who receive the typhoid prophylactic come down with tetanus, hut this would not prevent | you from taking 1t yourself having 1t given members of your ;amiiy. From this I gather | that there is some risk of tetanus when one res | celyes the typhoid propbyiactc. e. l.. O. | Answer-No. you confused what said about typhoid bacterin with what said about vac- cine. There Is no danger involved in receiving the typhoid bacterin, and all who travel much should have the protection 1t confers. There is a certain element of danger involved in being vaccinated against smallpox. for vaccine virus. unlike typhoid bacterin. cannot be steriiixed and hence accidental infections such as tetanua | fiockjawD and septicemia tbiood poisonins) are occasionally inoeuiated in vaccine.