A new, smooth way of inoculating against diphtheria, perhaps other diseases, was being studied in the U. S. last week. Professor Ernest Lowenstein, general & experimental pathologist at the University of Vienna, developed the idea. Professor Alexandre Besredka of the Paris Pasteur Institute confirmed it.
The method is to rub a spot on the skin very hard. The rubbing gives the spot a low, nonspecific immunity against disease for almost a day. Before that nonspecific immunity fades, an ointment is rubbed on the spot. The ointment contains diphtheritic toxin whose virulence has been...
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