[leish-l] CL/leishmanisation.

Jake Jacobson jacobsr at cc.huji.ac.il
Wed Jan 9 06:31:49 BRST 2002


Further to the discussion on primitive leishmanization - Arnon Gunders in 
his chapter "Vaccination:past and future role in control" in the 
Leishmaniases in Biology and Medicine (eds: Peters and Killick-Kendrick) 
Volume II pp.930,1987 quotes four papers that describe the practise of 
exposing buttocks of swaddled children to sand fly bites. These were
1. Nicoll and Manceaux (1910) Ann. Institute Pasteur 24: 673-720
2. Manson (1914) Tropical Diseases 5th edition
3. Senekji and Beattie (1941) Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 34: 415-419
4. Manson-Bahr (1963) In "Immunity in Protozoa" (ed Garnham, Pierce and 
Roitt) pp.246-252.
He also stated that in Nicolle and Manceaux (1910): "that the practice of 
immunizing infants and children was well-known and practised by Baghdadi 
Jews" - such vaccination by directly inoculating from a cutaneous lesion to 
the arm or thigh was also common amongst Bedouin and Kurdish communities.
Yours aye
Jake



>Dear Folks,
>         Some years ago I read somewhere that hundreds of years ago the
>Chinese
>exposed children to infectious materials in Oriental sores as a means of
>inducing protective immunity and avoid scarring on the face.  This, I
>read, was especially useful for young female children and aided in their
>becoming brides.  As I recall, this was done as far back as 5,000 years
>ago.
>         I can't recall where I read this and can't find it.  Does anyone
>know
>of a citation that describes this procedure in such ancient times?
>         Thanks for any help.
>
>         Ray Kuhn
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