With the daily toll taken. by Jcholera. mounting steadily and a constant vigilance being applied to ithe situation by the health authori-_ tes, it is interesting to note the preventive measures, other than the usual cautions about contaminated food and water, which the French, municipality is using.
According +o Dr. R. Poupelain, Health Officer for the Concession, more than 2,000 doses of the: JAnticholeric Bilivaccin have been. given to policemen, firemen and other employees of the French Muricipal-_ ity in an effort to preven: the [spreading of the epidemic.
As explained by Dr, Poupelain this vaccine, which is known only as 2 preventive and not as a cure after the disease has been contracted, is taken in the form of six tablets and not in the usual way of inoculation, Three tablets prepare the digestive tract for the remaining three tablets; containing the real cholera vaccine and this form of inoculation is in me with the Pasteur Institute dis-Jcoveries pertaining to local immunication, As the intestines are Jaffected in cholera, swallowing the: anti-toxin rather than receiving it] {through injection carries out the principle of local immunization. The vaccine is believed to be efficacious, Met only in cholera, but in prevention of dysentery, typhoid and] lather disturbances of this nature, The Treatment Rules for taking the chol vaccine are given on an sheet companying the medicine, as follows: "To preserve oneself from [cholera a gall pill (round) immediarely followed by a compressed tablet Jof vaccine (Ant) must be absorbed Jeach morning on an empty stomach, Jduring *hree consecutive days. The previous ingestion of the gall pill is necessary in order to enable the absorption of the vaccine by.the in-festine. After the ingestion of the Jentire dose (three gall and three vaccines) in three days immanization is complete and almost immediate. The absorption of this galled vaccine Produces no disorder oF discomfort.
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