TYPHUS SCOURGE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 153, 29 June 1940, Page 7

TYPHUS SCOURGE.

.WAR'S DREAD TRAIL.; 2' J I THE THREAT TO EUROPE. I a* i a. i . VACCINE FLOWS FROM U.S. ft. ! *' (By THOMAS R. HEXKY.I r WASHIXGTGX. May 25- j !■*! Nearly im&s quart* of a vaediffie wkk'i.' i Easy avert ok of tie- greatest feorrors, " I >>f 1.3;- ffiSiS fIBESS S»':VS fiO'WTJ inSB2 u&r 5 f- i 'L-aitsd ?Sa«e* Ftsd-Ec Hailiia i^rrifK; ' fesbtaratciy at Hassilso®. ilostasa. s&; [Bodapesc, at tice re<juesi os HtEsjarias; [MiHisEer of Health JiiAaJEE. j I It -Brill be rssed. Dr. JoSaa told Pabikj Health Serrke offieiai*. in an it.eaipj.' .'to preves: uasrA'-ik? -it Eypi.Es iever ii tlse irruat Pcrea rxfiusee ;->;^b- : i : Ks&ed is Hitagary f«* tie raffed, Itus- 1 Igry io-ni-;-s wSsj trospe-a over tie bcrvferj [ia frost of tie adraacisir Gem-as asd pKassiatr armies- Many of "iseni.f ihadiifed together is digit fee wseirs-j :iareFe k«2sy. Typigcs, Dried disease, leas [ ibeea ease c-f the great seosirje* or* the-', I'fettisaii ra*e for nwe-ntv ceEtttries- It ; feas alnsijs-t iavariabiy aeiw-sipaused. j'wars and faciiaes. Tae East great otr"-'. jfereak w-as is. Kiiss-ia ia {Sii-i3- Taere, ! were atr-r'roj:"ri:-ately 3ftjD€«XoW cases and; feksse to IO.CWOi3W) deaths. It kiQed; i jaore p««>pie sltaa tie World War, of [ i'wiki is T-as aa afterssath. r I Tiree jse-rttis ago twe o>cs««£!re'r 1: workers in tie V-5- pEibSc Heafaa Ser-f i'viee labo»aEc?y is Wasifagtcn produced ':* T-accise ■»■!"<;& preTeatird tie develop-' |inceas of typias fever in gxrisea pigs-! jOiie. E. Joan Bell, 'oras a labomsory. sssistaßt- The otlaer. Herald A. Cos.; BTss a bacterioi'SgssE. Tier prcdoced tie; 'vacfow by loevaSatißg' sK;>?ra eMeseas; h»TSS tv-piTx? rersis tirf-ssa tie sieli of; •the egg. Literally sJbev iatcbed tie' I vaodas. I

I I Tresch Feres" 1 a Mad Feraz. ' It -era-? £52; tested with any haSSLE. | being. The pr-jeedtEre ©I vaccinating a-' "ESSE SE<t then infecting hint with typhESi [.■ETSS too dapgerocs. despite Ms? fa tost-' I able reactioas is gshaea psgs. The [Hang-ariaE authorities felt that the j EwesssriTy crowded refuses camps were [ideal breeding places &c the dreaded' r EEleetlOn. f Fertasately the Scst WorM War. so<.rar is the Westers Frost was concerned. • L was practically free of typhis. The only. series* oat break was is 1913 is Serfs*-, .A3 the armies, however, snafered fro-aa,' [""treseb fever."* sopfosedly an extremely i,Ba£Bd form of tv-phas. Dr. Rett* E. Dyer,. 'assistant Director ox the PebSc Health. • [Serried Lafeorit<?ries, is far fross eon- . viaeed that tie soldiers- were saved by; better military sanitation. It may have-i-bees blind hxk. that the germ attacked; da a son-fatal Seem. Is any even*. PsbEc; 'i; Health Service orchils expiaiEi. it fef ■ almost impossible to keep soldiers in,' j trenches, or referees in eencestratioß; Scamps, free from fcocy Bee. • i : The sew vaeeiae eas fee made ia: : aajhaited qsantitses. There have, been' ; saccessfal typhss vaccines is the p*st.f&ss they hive been so eirHcslt to rs*kej ?even Ie smaa quantities, that only a. tsnutll fraction of « popstiatka cocM be; .protected with them. Gallons of this! :nta:erisl ces be shipped to Eta-ope if" [there is a demand for it as * resale of. si.e Haagarian experience. ' ? Jleanwhi&SL Surgeoe-Qeneral TEesas; •Pterraß tela tie health oSsers of tire* • Catted States a ad Canada meetly ia' ashiagtoa tie other day, the Cers-I' States is 20? entirely sale fronj a typ&u«i ■eptdeaaw. There has bees a sreatr ■ iaiesvsise is s«ase States is tae jHEEiber of -asses of a type of y=e disease eaased by rat See. It is begiasinj tooverrun State lines. The sizraeoc- ' general expressed the fear that it "maytget into northern industrial cities. It is" j;he duty of the soathern States, he said. I [to keep as especially close ■watch on it. I ' I Agrple Sapphes in Sight. « ! The laboratory *t Hamilton hitherto: [has been devoted almost exchssiveiy :o • asanafsctaring vaecise fee the dreaded LKsx-ky Moantarn spotted feTer. a disease :',carried by dog ticks, \rhich is highly, fatal. It can easily prodaoe. it is' s be&=v=c. A3 the typhis racdse reqsired.| |The aahatched eakk technique afready|

has Iwes developed &y p«?dTar&ig th» ; :spocted fever vacvine- hit&Hrto *a extremely expensive aad daager«es pe*'.eedare. [ The kh- vaccine. experfsteste lav* shown. c«n be kept on see ahaosS iade'"anitely withc«:t rcsing its psvsjecsrTe :'Tra&». a nsatter of vitil Bagcrtaaee fcx > "vaeeinating entire arrases or pofs&tsoES. CTMs Etight be necessary in sojse of th» £sss?na Eorwpeaa cosstties if tas K dreaded malady ease gaiss headway. J With gaiaea pigs the vaceiEe is •.extrezaeiy esec-trsre and the bsntaaity is .confers iisss- for at- feass six EiOatha. yAshsaSs given extrenw-iy heavy dj»e* •of typhis ocgansKas arte* feeing vas«.jssted either did not develop the latady '.. it all or showed only raiM syaiptesxs ef 4 ■;it. It is pcactka&r certaia that the ; r€*uSts *"iii be the same with hansaa -. X-A>CJU