Measles Conquered?

Dr. Charles Nicolle, director of the Pasteur Institute of Tunis, and his colleague, Dr. Conseil, have discovered an improved method of immunization against measles, it was announced by Dr. Emile Roux, successor of Pasteur as head of the Pasteur Institute of Paris. The treatment is the result of experiments covering 15 years. In 1911, Nicolle and Conseil found that temporary immunity from measles might be obtained by injecting 10 cubic millimeters of serum from convalescent measles patients, but it lasted only a few weeks. Now they have greatly extended the period of immunization by giving a second injection consisting of one cubic millimeter of blood from a; person in whom the disease is acute. When repeated several times at monthly intervals, this produces thorough immunization. The experimental work will continue, but the results so far are sufficient to check epidemics, it is claimed. The scientific standing of the Pasteur organizations gives credibility to the report.