CURATIVE VACCINE, BRUSCHETTINI
Report of the Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry
Curative Vaccine, Bruschettini, manufactured by A. Bruschettini, Genoa, Italy, is claimed to have the properties “of acting directly on the tubercular bacillus, bringing directly into the field and determining a hyperproduction of antibacillar and antitoxic substances.” The use of the preparation is said to be indicated in “all forms of tuberculosis.”
A referee reported to the Council that he had examined the available information and believed that the use of this product had no satisfactory experimental basis. The method of preparation appears to be based more on theoretical considerations than on experimental basis.
On the recommendation of the Committee on Serums and Vaccines the Council voted that Curative Vaccine, Bruschettini, be not accepted because (1) the method used for the production of the vaccine was not satisfactorily stated; (2) the theory on which its use is based has not been satisfactorily confirmed, and (3) the value of the product is not upheld by satisfactory clinical evidence.
The Council’s findings, in accordance with its procedure, were sent to the manufacturers for comment. His reply was considered by a new referee who found that the matter presented did not warrant a revision of the Council’s conclusions. Accordingly the Council directed publication of its findings.—(From Reports of Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry, 1915, p. 176.)