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Scrubtyphus, about as serious as louse-borne typhus, is spread by small mites, often present in tall grass. It is fought by burning the suspected area, impregnating clothing with insect powder, keeping skin covered. The Army is working on a vaccine.
Does it do any good to be inoculated against the common cold?* This question has stumped the experts ever since the capsules, shots and sprays were introduced. Last week the American Medical Association's Councils on Pharmacy and Industrial Health gave their considered answer: there is still no proof...
* The vaccines used in cold inoculations are usually made by growing cultures of germs from people's noses, then killing the cultures. As colds are mixed infections, the resulting vaccine is almost always a mixture of dead germs.
The work was directed by Dr. Jules Freund, 54, hygienist with the Austrian Army in World War I, and assistant professor of pathology at Cornell. The U.S. Army & Navy, hopeful that the discovery may lead to a vaccine which will lick World War II's No. 1 disease, have...
The Journal's summary concludes that the electron microscope can eventually help doctors figure out a drug or vaccine to cure any infection.