The Journal of Experimental Medicine, Vol 58, 329-339,
Copyright, 1933, by The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research New York
THE RESISTANCE OF RABBITS TO TUBERCULOSIS AFTER VACCINATION WITH PARTIALLY DEFATTED TUBERCLE BACILLI
Kenneth C. Smithburn M.D.1
1 From the Laboratories of The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research
1. A vaccine prepared from partially defatted bovine tubercle bacilli influenced favorably the survival time after inoculation with living virulent bovine tubercle bacilli.
2. Accompanying this increased resistance was a sustained lymphocytosis in the vaccinated animals.
3. The vaccine induced a transitory anemia and leucopenia.
4. A similar preparation of partially defatted human tubercle bacilli possessed the power to sensitize guinea pigs to tuberculo-protein.
Submitted on June 14, 1933