Abstract
T YPHOID FEVER has been a foe of mankind from earliest times, but only since 1837 has the causative organism, the Bacillus typhosus, been recognized and differentiated from that causing typhus fever. This was first done by Doctors Gerhard and Pennock, working in the laboratory of the Philadelphia General Hospital. Since then, great strides have been made by science toward the prevention of the disease, including public sanitation, antityphoid vaccine, and public health education. After examining yearly medical reports on the prevalence of typhoid fever in our country, we can see what wonderful work public health teaching, sanitation, and individual immunization against typhoid fever have done, and it is our duty and privilege to continue to spread the good news of immunization. The course of treatment consists of three injections, intramuscularly, of antityphoid vaccine, given four to seven days apart. This vaccine is composed of killed typhoid bacilli in normal saline solution usually in a dilution of one billion per cubic centimeter, the dosage being as follows:
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