TO CURE TUBERCULOSIS
COMMENT ON CALMETTE'S VACCINE.
(AUSTRALIAN NEW ZEALAND_CAB« »6SOCIATIOH.) " (Received 31st August, 2.30 p.m.) LONDON, 30th August. The " British Medical. Journal,''lcommenting on Calmctte's vaccine; observes that the results thus' far- obtained are, most promising. ■ During the past year two thousand .new.-born children were vaccinated in France, and .Calmette lias been able to trace 423 of these'vaccinated children for. at least six months. Previously none .has died from tuberculosis, infection. These facts' are noteworthy in view of the heavy .toll, that tuberculosis ordinarily exacts from the offspring of tuberculous parents. ..Dr. Calmette recently made a communication to the Academic de, Medicine, which . the "Medical Journal" adds, encourages the hope .that the objective of. many years' study is within sight, if not already renched.' . .
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 53, 31 August 1925, Page 8
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124TO CURE TUBERCULOSIS Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 53, 31 August 1925, Page 8
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