Show Shots Shots Without Needles I IMAGINE polio shots given in a working time of or less than thirty minutes one every four lour seconds and not a ne needle dle in sight This happened at the immunization center of the Salt Lake County Health Department under the supervision of oC Dr Joseph 0 O. Brewerton Director June 21 The secret of oC the Ute speed and of oC elimination of ol the needle with its discomfort lay in the use of a unique new Hyop spray injection machine on loan lonn from the State Department of or Health To satisfy the most space space minded minded youngster the injector looks like a space space gun gun its action makes a graur gratifying ing plop and the threat of crip trip crippling crippling pling polio is disintegrated The h hypo spray hypo spray Inoculating pressure-gun pressure triggers a precise precisely ly b measured dose of vaccine through the skin with such force that the action is instantaneous and the puncture invisible Typical reaction of those vaccinated vaccinated vaccinated vac vac- against polio at the Salt Lake County health department clinic last week was vas first of curiosity then of wonder at the speed and lack of or sensation One lomed tomed to the tedium of needle public health nurse accusIng accusing Ing long lines of oC nervous Ous and weary candidates waxed lyrical after the test run I Its ls l's marvelous its it's wonderful Delectable and divine Delirious delovely and supremely supreme I ly sublime We did polio shots NO WAITING LINE LINEl The Hypo Hypo spray spray equipment the first of or its kind in Utah is the property appropriately of or those it will vill benefit the people Purchased by the State Department Department Department Depart Depart- I ment of or Health the pressure pressure- spray injector is available to any health department conducting conducting conducting ting or cooper cooperating ting in a mass immunization program It Itcan Itcan Itcan can vaccinate between 1200 and 0 persons per hour Dr James D. D Wharton Interim Director of the State Agency who as a former naval medical officer and chief of a aU U. U S. S Health Mission 1 to Brazil has observed the mass use of or the spray injector in various countries countries countries coun coun- tries says Millions of vaccinations vaccinations vac vac- vaccinations have been given with this type of equipment proving it to be absolutely safe and dependable dependable de de- rapid and economical and painless in its action Use of oC the machine has the added advantage of novelty attracting attracting attracting attract attract- ing many for or inoculations who might otherwise be neglectful The unit is suitable for lor all mass injections where hypodermic mic needles are commonly used I and experiments are now under underway underway underway way to determine its effectiveness effective effective- ness in skin testing skin testing for losis |