RT Journal
A1 Morrey CB
T1 VAccine therapy of colds
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1909
FD May 1
VO LII
IS 18
SP 1439
OP 1439
DO 10.1001/jama.1909.02540440067015
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1909.02540440067015
AB To the Editor: 
    —In the newspapers recently, there have been several more or less sensational articles in regard to my alleged discovery of the germ of cold, or a new serum or antitoxin for colds.The facts are as follows: I have not discovered any new germ of colds, or any antitoxin, or antiserum, nor have I made any attempt to do so. I have made some experiments on vaccination for acute coryza, following out in a measure recommendations made by Dr. R. W. Allen in an article which appeared in the Medical Record, Dec. 19, 1908. Dr. Allen mentions four orgarisms and gives the dosage used for cure as well as for immunization. He also says that when there is doubt as to the organism, he uses a vaccine containing several of the organisms mentioned.My method is to use an autogenic vaccine prepared as follows: "Blow" the nose