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9-i health officers' association is a particular pleasure to know that we have been putting out a very potent vaccine which has given general satisfaction. Pertussis vaccine has been made during the past winter and distributed free. We realize that its true value has not yet been established, but the reports that have been returned to us have all been favorable. It is perhaps possible that unfavorable reports have been withheld. The manufacture of diphtheria antitoxin is a much greater undertaking than the making of vaccines, but we have a good plant and now have diphtheria antitoxin of most excellent quality tubed in syringes and ready for distribution at 25 cents per syringe. Doctor Gordon tells me there were about 530 deaths from diphtheria in North Carolina last year, and I believe we can cut that down. The ideal way is free distribution, but our appropriation is not quite large enough for that, so it is necessary to charge for the cost of the syringe and package. The price of 25 cents is for each syringe, whether it contains 1,000, 3,000, 5,000 or 10,000 units. By next autumn I want to make arrangements with each County Health Officer to have at least one distributing station for diphtheria antitoxin in each county. We have had an opportunity to put up normal horse serum at a nominal expense. We have hesitated to emphasize this product, as a mere mention of the uses to which it has been put sounds like a patent medicine advertisement. Will only say that it can be obtained from us for 25 cents per syringe, but that we are unable at present to make any recommendations, for or against its use. The Pasteur antirabic treatment should not be necessary in any civilized State; nevertheless we have a great deal of rabies and it is on the increase. We would like to be able to send out the treatment and save ourselves from a laborious duty and the patients much expense, and perhaps some time we may evolve a satisfactory method. Meanwhile we should each of us remind our Legislators that there is one disease which they have the opportunity of abolishing by legislative enactment. An act providing for the confinement of all unmuzzled dogs would stamp out the disease in a very few years. We charge a fee of $20.00 for the treatment, but collect very little—averaging only $1.91 per patient when I last figured it up. It would perhaps be better not to mention products not ready for distribution, for their preparation often takes longer than is expected. However, will say that we are now working on tetanus antitoxin and tuberculin, though we can make no announcement about them at present. If the laboratory can help you it is your duty to make use of its services. The maintenance of the health of the civil population was never more vital than now.
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Fixed Title * | NCHH-16: Transactions of the Medical Society of the State of North Carolina [1891-1939] |
Document Title | Transactions of the Medical Society of the State of North Carolina [1891-1939] |
Subject Topical | Medicine -- North Carolina -- Societies, etc. |
Subject Topical Other | Societies, Medical -- North Carolina. |
Description | After 1939 transactions published in the North Carolina Medical Journal |
Creator | Medical Society of the State of North Carolina. Annual Session. |
Publisher | Raleigh, N.C. : Medical Society of the State of North Carolina, 1891-1939. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1918 |
Identifier | NCHH-16-065 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
Digital Collection | North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection |
Sponsor | The North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection is an open access publishing initiative of the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Financial support for the initiative was provided in part by a multi-year NC ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online) digitization grant, awarded by the State Library of North Carolina, and funded through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). |
Volume Number | 65 |
Health Discipline | Medicine |
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Fixed Title * | Page 96 |
Document Title | Transactions of the Medical Society of the State of North Carolina [1891-1939] |
Subject Topical | Medicine -- North Carolina -- Societies, etc. |
Subject Topical Other | Societies, Medical -- North Carolina. |
Description | After 1939 transactions published in the North Carolina Medical Journal |
Creator | Medical Society of the State of North Carolina. Annual Session. |
Publisher | Raleigh, N.C. : Medical Society of the State of North Carolina, 1891-1939. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1918 |
Identifier | NCHH-16-065-0584 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Page Type | all; article |
Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
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Digital Collection | North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection |
Sponsor | The North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection is an open access publishing initiative of the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Financial support for the initiative was provided in part by a multi-year NC ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online) digitization grant, awarded by the State Library of North Carolina, and funded through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). |
Volume Number | 65 |
Page Number | 96 |
Health Discipline | Medicine |
Full Text | 9-i health officers' association is a particular pleasure to know that we have been putting out a very potent vaccine which has given general satisfaction. Pertussis vaccine has been made during the past winter and distributed free. We realize that its true value has not yet been established, but the reports that have been returned to us have all been favorable. It is perhaps possible that unfavorable reports have been withheld. The manufacture of diphtheria antitoxin is a much greater undertaking than the making of vaccines, but we have a good plant and now have diphtheria antitoxin of most excellent quality tubed in syringes and ready for distribution at 25 cents per syringe. Doctor Gordon tells me there were about 530 deaths from diphtheria in North Carolina last year, and I believe we can cut that down. The ideal way is free distribution, but our appropriation is not quite large enough for that, so it is necessary to charge for the cost of the syringe and package. The price of 25 cents is for each syringe, whether it contains 1,000, 3,000, 5,000 or 10,000 units. By next autumn I want to make arrangements with each County Health Officer to have at least one distributing station for diphtheria antitoxin in each county. We have had an opportunity to put up normal horse serum at a nominal expense. We have hesitated to emphasize this product, as a mere mention of the uses to which it has been put sounds like a patent medicine advertisement. Will only say that it can be obtained from us for 25 cents per syringe, but that we are unable at present to make any recommendations, for or against its use. The Pasteur antirabic treatment should not be necessary in any civilized State; nevertheless we have a great deal of rabies and it is on the increase. We would like to be able to send out the treatment and save ourselves from a laborious duty and the patients much expense, and perhaps some time we may evolve a satisfactory method. Meanwhile we should each of us remind our Legislators that there is one disease which they have the opportunity of abolishing by legislative enactment. An act providing for the confinement of all unmuzzled dogs would stamp out the disease in a very few years. We charge a fee of $20.00 for the treatment, but collect very little—averaging only $1.91 per patient when I last figured it up. It would perhaps be better not to mention products not ready for distribution, for their preparation often takes longer than is expected. However, will say that we are now working on tetanus antitoxin and tuberculin, though we can make no announcement about them at present. If the laboratory can help you it is your duty to make use of its services. The maintenance of the health of the civil population was never more vital than now. |
Digital Format | JPEG 2000 |
Print / Download PDF Version | http://archives.hsl.unc.edu/nchh/nchh-16/nchh-16-065.pdf |
Document Sort | all; group-d; nchh-16 |
Article Title | What You Can Obtain From Your State Laboratory |
Article Author | C. A . Shore |
Volume Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/identi/searchterm/NCHH-16-065 |
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