Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 232, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 October 1911 — Typhoid Fever Is Conquered. [ARTICLE]

Typhoid Fever Is Conquered.

It cost a big lot of money—probably several million dollars—to mobilize the American troops in Texas, but results have* .already shown that it was well spent* And for this one reason, if no other, the movement has enabled medical science to demonstrate that typhoid fever, the deadliest foe of armies in the field, is a preventive disease. Altogether something like 17,000 troops were sent to Texas, all of whom were inoculated with typhoid serum. As additional safeguards the most rigid hygienic and sanitary regulations that the medical corps could devise were strictly enforced. Result, only one case of typhoid fever has occurred in that entire army. Compare this showing with what happened to the troops—perhaps 150,000 In ail — assembled in the southern states during the Spanish war. Among these forces were 18,000 cases of typhoid. The plain truth is that the army in Texas has achieved a magnificent victory—a bloodless one. it is true, but splendid tn its gain for humanity.— Detroit Free Press.