Word: diphtheria
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...have isolated, from the blood serum of both man and animals, a protein that destroys bacteria and neutralizes viruses. Because of its powers, they have named it properdin (from the Latin perdere, to destroy). While the antibody proteins that the system develops after some diseases or inoculations (e.g., polio, diphtheria) are useful only against the organisms that cause the particular disease, properdin is not choosy: it destroys or neutralizes an extremely wide range of bacteria and viruses. Perhaps equally important in the atomic age, properdin seems to increase the body's resistance to the infections that so often follow...
...best time to vaccinate youngsters against smallpox, diphtheria and whooping cough is in the first few hours of life, Country Doctor Herbert D. Chamberlain told general practitioners. Among 741 babies so treated in Ohio's Vinton County, he reported no bad reactions, and so far full protection against the diseases...
...date, there is no reason for parents to withhold permission for their children to take the shots soon to be offered. If any unfavorable reactions develop, they are likely to be minor, and if serious, as rare as the one case in 10,000 that reacts badly to diphtheria vaccine. A verdict on the effectiveness of the Salk vaccine, for a single polio season, must await Dr. Francis' report a year from now. Dr. Salk has high hope that his vaccine will lead the way to lifelong immunity; proof of this will take more years...
This week the company began its tour with a four-week visit in Manhattan's packed Metropolitan Opera House. Famed Ballerina Margot Fonteyn, fully recovered from a six months' bout with the aftereffects of diphtheria, headed the cast again, and among the lesser stars were Violetta Elvin, Nadia Nerina, Rowena Jackson, Michael Somes and a promising newcomer to the troupe, Svetlana Beriosova. Opening-night number: a full-length version of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, with sparkling new costumes and scenery and changes in the choreography which lengthened the 58-year-old masterpiece to a full four acts...
London's Covent Garden exploded with applause at the first appearance in six months of Britain's Prima Ballerina Margot Fonteyn. An attack of diphtheria last October had left strange complications. Her legs and arms were numb and nerveless. In January she said: "At the moment, I can't do even the easiest dance." By last week she felt ready to appear in the undemanding ballet Apparitions, and summoned her oldest friends to rally round. Instead of a few friendly faces, she drew a capacity audience of some 2,000 which gave Margot 14 curtain calls...