Student Volunteers Assist Doctor In Tests for New Tetanus Vaccine

Some two dozen College students participated yesterday in an experiment conducted by the School of Public Health to determine the degree of immunization achieved by tetanus toxoid.

Dr. John Ibsen of the School of Public Health is conducting the study, and he is testing the effectiveness of four toxoids. They have already been approved by the U.S. Public Health Service and the U.S. Army. The experiment requires three small samples of blood which are taken one month apart.

Ibsen emphasized the fact that in return for cooperation in his study, a person gains immunization against tetanus. No systematic reactions are involved in the tests. In addition to immunization, volunteers had the advantage of having their blood group determined and designated on a card.

The experiment was referred to by Ibsen as "a chance to acquire a safeguard to your health while assisting in a test valuable to your country."