Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-07-16 | Page 4 | Scientists Seeking to Immunize Humans Against Large Parasites

Scientists Se See Seeking ng to I 1 J Humans Against Large Parasites jJ A time when human beings can be protected against unpleasant and harmful l Invasions by large parasites as well as IS disease germs Is foreseen as M the result of ex experiments at Washington Wash ington university In SL St Louis Immunization of human beings against bacterial diseases such as typhoid typhoid ty ty- ty and scarlet fever has been practiced successfully In medicine but there has been no Immunization I possible against the tho larger P that afflict the human body Two years a ago o Dr H. H M M. Miller Jr ot of Washington university showed that that the rat can be artificially Immunized against infection by a tapeworm by Injections of Worm material These experiments have now been carried carried further Eventually there is Ls hope hone of ot of developing the same protection for human beings That complete protection against tapeworm Infestation i. i is given gives rats rata by means of a serum from Infected rats has been reported by Dr Mi and Dr Margaret L. L Gar Gardiner his hj si to the Society for tor mental Biology and Medicine Serum from artificially Immunized rat gave a high degree of protection against the worms The tors are now hOW working to nei the least amount of Immune S scrum necessary to give protection and th the Length of time 10 the e protection lasts While these studies have only been j conducted on rats tapeworms also aho S infest human Si beings who may may get them from eating infested food Ta e. e worm Infestation of ot fL fish h in and around the Great Lakes has been found the cause of many human cases in that region The of t worms make their way from the df dl di tract to the tissues they form small masses If It meat containing these mass masses maes is eaten ealen adult worms will develop from them in iii the digestive t tract ac of the new h ho l s a