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Monday, June 27, 19SS
Physician Believes Gamma Globulin Lack
Causes Many Unexplained Infant Deaths
Br DELOS SMITH
United Press Science Editor
New York XU.PJ A physi
cian whose own "healthy" baby
was found dead in her crib, is
advocating a bold, new program
to prevent sudden deaths among
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babies who appear to be in per-1 autopsy showed she had died of
feet health
The program calls for examin
ing the blood of every baby at
birth for gamma globulin con
tent and if the baby has none or
little, to inject him with gamma
globulin. He reasoned thus:
1. Babies rarely, if ever, are
"smothered" or "suffocated" in
their cribs. The reason 50 many
are found dead under crib cover
ings is a deep instinct to "hide
away while gravely ill."
2. These sudden, totally un
expected deaths are due to fast
acting, overwhelming infections.
The babies are "overwhelmed"
because their blood is deficient
in gamma globulin which is the
blood constituent that contains
"antibodies" against disease
causing micro organisms.
Exhaustive Study
Dr. F. J. Thompson, Whittier,
Calif., began an exhaustive study
of "sudden death" in healthy in
fants after "we found our baby
girl, three months old, dead un
der the covers. To our know
ledge she had never been ill a
moment, aside from feeding
problems, and she was healthy
looking as a baby could be. She
had no cough, fever, cyanosis, or
respiratoy difficulties. Yet the
pneumonia.
The first thing he found out
was "there has been no plausible
explanation for these sudden
deaths, and the subject is ripe
for inquiry."
But by assembling autospy
records of hundreds of such
cases, he found that the cause
of death was never "smothering"
or "suffocation," but almost al
ways massive infections of the
lungs, many taking the various
indefinite forms which physi
cians lump as "atypical" (not
typical) pneumonia."
Infection to Blame
The quickness with which
these babies are "overwhelmed"
by infection in many cases in
a matter of a few hours point
ed both to very high suscepti
bility and to a complete lack of
bodily defenses against infection.
Babies get antibodies from their
mothers. This gamma globulin
gives only "passive" immunity
because it wears off after a few
months.
Meanwhile, the baby's body
chemistry is forming gamma
globulin of its own, which is
lasting. Thompson's studies
demonstrated that not all babies
come into the world protected
against infections by "maternal
antibodies" and not all babies
develop their own antibodies
quickly and efficiently.-His argu
ment was that these are the ba
bies who are subject to. sudden
death while appearing to be
healthy.
' He also found evidence that
these babies can be victims of
massive allergic reactions. Al
lergies are intimately tied in
with the body's immunological
chemistry. And there also is the
constitution of the baby the
subtle and hidden chemical
weaknesses derived from merg
ed parents.
In describing his study and
program in the journal of the
American Osteopathic Associa
tion, he also advocated gamma
globulin for all babies born into
families with a history of aller
gies or into families in which
there have been "sudden death,
suffocation, or unexplained in
fant death." Also to all 'sickly"
babies and "to any child, regard-
Destroyers To Aid
Of Marine Airmen
Yokosuka, Japan (U.R)
Three U. S. destroyers rushed to
night to rescue two Marine air
men who survived three days in
an open raft after their jet
crashed at sea.
A U. S. Navy spokesman in
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saying that they had seen flares
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The destroyers were pitching
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would be withheld until their
condition was determined. He
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names would be released.
less of age, who does not re
spond to antibiotics or chemical
therapy while under treatment
for an infectious disease pro
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