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THE BUREAU OF SCIENCE 



men and the other a veterinarian, and also by the detailing of 

 a junior officer of the United States Public Health Service for 

 part-time duty. They have been engaged in performing the 

 daily routine work, such as Wassermann test, preparation of 

 stock autogenous bacterial vaccine, preparation of antirabic vac- 

 cine, administration of Pasteur treatment, immunization and 

 bleeding of horses for serum, and preparation of smallpox vac- 

 cine. The work accomplished is indicated by the following table : 



Sera and vaccines bottled and disposed of at the Bureau of Science from 

 Januai-y 1 to December 31, 1916. 



Article. 



Bottled. 



I Disposed 

 of. 



Antitetanic serum . units.. 



Antidiphtheritic serum do 



Antidjsenteric serum CC- 



Antistreptococcus serum do 



Antimeningococcic serum do 



Antiplague serum , do 



Anticholera serum do 



Antityphoid serum _*. do 



Normal horse serum »--. do 



Typhoid vaccine ampuls.. 



Typhoid and paratyphoid A & B vaccine do 



Dysentery vaccine do 



Cholera vaccine do 



B. coli vaccine do 



Streptococcus vaccine do 



Plague prophylactic cc. 



Glycerinated plague vaccine ampuls.. 



Cholera prophylactic cc 



Gonococcus vaccine- __ ampuls.. 



Staphylococcus albus aureus vaccine do 



Staphylococcus aureus vaccine do 



Streptococcus-Staphylococcus aureus albus vaccine do 



Autogenous vaccine do 



Anthrax vaccine No. 1 cc 



Anthrax vaccine No. 2 do 



Staphylococcus albus vaccine ampuls.. 



Rabies vaccine 



Tuberculin (human) cc. 



Tuberculin (bovine) _ do 



Vaccine virus doses. _ 



Mallein do 



Antisheep hsemolytic amboceptor units.. 



39 



3,859 



30. 470 



860 



442 



132 



2,685 



312 



175 



2,164 

 249 

 120 

 120 

 470 



297, 000 



121, 000 



1.620 



240 



405 



(") 



71 



50 



1, 744, 770 I 1 



540 



298, 700 



90,000 



5,122 



1,830 



3,370 



1,020 



24 



41 



37, 460 



977 



109 



73 



2,120 



116 



51 



3,330 



703 



8,966 



2,140 



672 



3 



12 



470 



1.879 



1.780 



123 



(•■') 



211 



96 



,569.014 



971 



3.000 



• The Pasteur treatment for rabies is now much more appreciated than formerly as shown 

 by the following record of treatments : 



Number of patients who received treatment at the Bureau of Science. 

 Number of treatments sent by the Bureau of Science to outpatients 



94 



119 



Total _ _ 213 



