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...against one of the three types of poliomyelitis. Developed by the University of Cincinnati's Dr. Albert Sabin, the licensed vaccine is manufactured in England by a subsidiary of New York's Charles Pfizer & Co., which will distribute it in the U.S. Since it is the first oral vaccine approved for general distribution, its licensing would seem to be a major step forward in the battle against polio. But the effect of the Government action was to throw the already confused polio vaccine situation into worse confusion...
...trouble with the newly licensed vaccine is that it is effective against only Type I poliovirus. Said the PHS's Surgeon General Luther L. Terry: "I want to emphasize that an oral vaccine providing protection against all three types of poliomyelitis will not be available for some time. It is of the highest importance that vaccinations continue with the Salk vaccine, which is the only weapon we have today against all three types of polio...
...Terry said he expected the oral Type II vaccine to be licensed "in the near future," but that is now a relatively irrelevant matter. The issue is oral Type III. All vaccine batches are brewed separately by types, and samples are sent to the PHS's Division of Biologies Standards for testing of safety and potency. The toughest safety test is to inject vaccine directly into the brains of monkeys. If autopsies show any appreciable virus damage to the monkeys' nerve centers, PHS orders the vaccine discarded. Type I vaccine has already passed this rigorous test the required...
...admittedly arbitrary, because no human being is likely ever to get the vaccine that way, even by accident. So some experts would like to see it dropped. Vaccinventor Sabin calls it "an insignificant test." But Dr. Jonas E. Salk tried in vain to block general release of any oral vaccine this year except for an emergency stockpile for Government controlled use in epidemics. The National Foundation's Basil O'Connor snorted: "It is totally unorthodox to license part of a vaccine." Some manufacturers guessed that release of Type III oral vaccine cannot come before spring...
Harvard's senior governing body, the Board of Overseers regularly appoints visiting committees to survey the operation of the various faculties and major departments of Instruction and to render oral and written reports at stated Intervals...