The heredity of acquired immunity / by J. Foster Palmer.

  • Palmer, J. Foster (James Foster)
Date:
[1904]
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Credit: The heredity of acquired immunity / by J. Foster Palmer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Mother vaccinated several times 3 >> • 12 months ago . I ” (father (Mother (Father Mother / ” (Father Mother I ” (Father ( Mother (Father j Mother (Father ) J 11 )> J) )) )> )) )) )) : } } ) >> >> ( >> m > 12 12 l8 18 2 years ago 2 2 4 „ 4 „ 1 ) )) several times^ 5 years ago \ 12 months ago] a few years ago) fy yy J 12 months ago . several times i i x r 3 i i i i i i i i r5 In nine cases the vesicles, though normal in number, were small in size. Of these nine, eight (or 88'8 per cent.) gave a history of parental immunity, as follows :— Mother vaccinated recently ,, ,, 12 months ago >, ,, 2 years ago f >> >> 6 ,, ,, ) (Father „ 2 „ „ j >> >> 2 ,, ,, Mother had had small-pox i i 3 i i i 8 Of the successful cases also, one had been twice previously vaccinated unsuccessfully. In this case the mother had been vaccinated recently. If the above figures are not sufficient to prove the fact of hereditary immunity they are, at any rate, sufficient to give a strong suggestion in favour of its existence. The question remains whether the case is one of true inherited immunity, or, as is contended by Dr. Archdall Reid, immunity acquired by the