The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-11-15

| lug ever since. Just about every per-
son some time In his life Is afflicted
With one Of these pussy devil spots
OF PAIN as writer flttlngy described
them.
And, unless exceptional care is used,
one boil Is apt-<o breed another, and
sometimes the boik Keeps on. working
the same place over aud oyer again.
until it develops into a cafbuncle.
In various occupations. too, boIls are
apt to be hazard. Cleaners and dyers
using benzene compounds and work
men engaged In metal grinding fac
tories employing heavy oils. are fire.
qnent sufferers from bolls.
Common boils are caused by ball.
shaped germ called staphylococcus. This
germ gets into the skin by following
down q hair follicle Then pus de-
yelops at the place where the germ
grows In the skin and there Is the
resultant throbbing and stabbng pain
Boils usually occur on the back of
the neck or under the wrist band, or
around the waist A bit of dirt with
the germ on 1t, becomes Embedded In
the hair follicle. then the rubbing OF
the garment ehafes It. and the boil
germ has fine place to grow. Be
fore women started shaving their necks.
1t was very unusual for woman to
have boil on her neck but now 1t Is
| quite common. Ii Is much easier to
| irritate a srubble of hair than d long
/ hair.
Throughout the ages many kinds OF
poultlces and remedies have been APP
piled to boils, but without much sue
cess. Then some sixteen or seventeen
years ago, a French scientist, D'Her-
relle9 invented ferment-like sub
staYte that dissolves bacteria as fer
ments dissolve a starch granula. When
bacteria are dissolved by this ferment-
like agent. they are destroyed and all
| the material Inside the germ cells are
| liberated and escape Into the solution
In which the bacteria are suspended
DHerrelle named this substance bac-
teriophage. which is Greek for bac-
terla-eater or germ-eater.
The writer of this article has been
interested In the study OF the skin for
many years When this new bac-
teriophage was made known, II oc-
CURED to me that If we could develop
a bacteriophage that would eat the
sraphylococcus or boil germ, we might
/ "a ntt{rk
some Inflammation. My assistants In
the laboratory and experimental for
long time. and finally In 1923 we sue
ceeded In finding dlssolvIng substance
for boil germs. With this substance
we could prepare new vaccine for
the prevention and cure of boils.
II you are interested In how such
things are done, the vaccine Is made by
growing the boil germs and then add.
Ing small amount of the ferment-
like substance to the culture. After
this has been lncubated for several
hours, the boil germs are dissolved,
and the vaccine Is ready to be applied
to the surface of young boil. The
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or chemical way, as neither heat Ia ap-
piled nor are chemicals added. We
have named 1t staphylococcus bac-
terlophage. or. translated Into everyday
language, the boil-germ eater. or boil
vaccine.
The vaccine is applied by simply put
ting few drops on a piece OF gauze
and placing the wet dressing over the
surface of the boil. The pain stops
within few minutes and the boil itself
disappears within one to two days.
The treatment Is not SO successful
when applied to boils and carbuncles
OF long standing. II yields the best re-
suits when 1t Is used ON a new boil
that is just developing. Then 1t Is
quick and sure. BY using 1t at once,
workers In the occupations already re-
ferred to, athletes, and all others who
are apt to get CRIME rubbed into their
skin. can be spared many hours OF pain
and sitting round the house doing
nothing" Employers. too, Will benefit
/ - $3.50 'F0A ANA ~ Abi hAfih6 w lay plA 81
| many times. And common boIls need
not reach the carbuncle stage.
Staphylococcus bacteriophage is
made by several commercial firms and
can be supplied by any physician at
NOT a great deal or cost. We are now
experimenting In the research labora-
tory at the University of Illinois to see
IL this vaccine will be of help In pre-
venting typhoid fever.
Unfortunately this bacterIophage will
not stop boils from developing In per-
Sons suffering from diabetes, varcose
veins and other such facilitating dis.
eases. The reason these persons get
Doils Is because, due to their physical
condition, their bodies cannot throw off
a boil Infection, once 1t takes root In a
hair follicle-boil germs are always
present on every ones skin. These
persons should never doctor" them
selves; they should always consult q
physician.
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