Title: Results of Antityphoid Vaccination in the Army in 1911, and its Suitability for Use in Civil Communities
Abstract: The Medical Corps of the Army has been endeavoring to protect large numbers of individuals against typhoid fever by means of prophylactic vaccination with killed bacterial cultures. In the Army, during times of peace, our posts are like small communities, with their own water-supplies, sewerage systems and organized administration of community affairs. So long as the troops are in garrison they have no more disease than exists in the adjoining communities. We are, however, not content with this condition of safety, but must descend from our fastnesses, and in the absence of real war, engage in mimic battles and campaigns. From the purely military point of view these movements are maneuvers, not war, but from the standpoint of health and disease there exists the same real danger as in actual war. As the Medical Corps is charged with the preservation of the health of the Army, we have endeavored to