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<font size=3>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 <br>
1. Nicoll and Manceaux (1910) Ann. Institute Pasteur 24: 673-720<br>
2. Manson (1914) Tropical Diseases 5th edition <br>
3. Senekji and Beattie (1941) Trans. R. Soc. Trop. Med. Hyg. 34:
415-419<br>
4. Manson-Bahr (1963) In "Immunity in Protozoa" (ed Garnham,
Pierce and Roitt) pp.246-252.<br>
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.<br>
</font>Yours aye<br>
Jake<br><br>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite><font size=3>Dear Folks,<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Some years
ago I read somewhere that hundreds of years ago the<br>
Chinese<br>
exposed children to infectious materials in Oriental sores as a means
of<br>
inducing protective immunity and avoid scarring on the face. This,
I<br>
read, was especially useful for young female children and aided in
their<br>
becoming brides. As I recall, this was done as far back as 5,000
years<br>
ago.<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>I can't
recall where I read this and can't find it. Does anyone<br>
know<br>
of a citation that describes this procedure in such ancient times?<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Thanks for
any help.<br><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Ray
Kuhn<br>
-- <br>
Raymond E. Kuhn, Ph.D.<br>
Wake Forest Professor<br>
Wake Forest University<br>
P. O. Box 7325<br>
Department of Biology<br>
Winston-Salem, NC 27109<br>
Office Phone (336) 758-5022<br>
Fax Phone (336) 758-6008<br>
e-mail: kuhnray@wfu.edu<br>
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