Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-06-04
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VA.CiNALiOH
The following ! teres,in. letter from Doctor
yenner, was rIitIvn in ANSWER To the enoul-
rles of ONE o.! is iefiow ciiizens who was
desiicns 10 h'ibu Doctor Jeuncr's present
sentiments on the prev vhtirs power ofNac.
cin"'ion agathSt Smali-PoN, and is copied
from Ihe t.ci ictIc Review,
70 Hm. DMrya isq. iiiaham Lodge, EsSer
Dear Sir: y - curio,s, aud most delight
fnl fact that while the dispu,aiioas you aiiuie
To are sere auH ulGrc going on among iudls IL
dnai>, with re- gard 10 The efficacy OF NaCciua-
ton, the smallpox is dying before il in all
directions. IL a wide district around me- en-
bracing tie rboSt populous part of The county
o. gloucester which abonuds with manutac-
tories, ibS smallpox ISScdrcciy ever heard 6 4 :;
ana ii it does happen to appear from infection
brought by the wandering paHpcr, il either
fnds Itself Hi'niaied OF is rendered incapable
OF spreading ID. living Immediately the vac. lie
security 10 those within its atmOS phere who
may happeR to rvInAif, unprotected. In these
lew words, Sir. tbiuk have answered The
malta part Of your letter; hut VII add IA few
more and yen have my tuii consent TO trans
mt what say To your fri,udS either on This
Or the ot;ify side the Atlantic. Wherever
Vaccination has been universally practsed
thrIe The smallpox CEASE 10 exist. Ii matters
not how vide Use district on how populous the
clty, the result Is, and, from the nature of
thugs, mnst be the same. There is scarcely
any part OF the civilized world ;hat Canu0; hear
testimony 10 the lruIh OF this position For
extent ct territory we may turn oar eyes TO
our possessions Ia the East, and 10 various
parts OF South America AMI To towns aud
cltlts, many OF the most conspicuous in Eil-
rope as achceTIng document with regard
10 The extinction al The smallpox throughout
kingdom, shall take the liberty of enclos-
ing report from Sweden Now rs the good
sense OF the SwCdes directed them to eInplOy
vaccination Tor bringing about thiS great
event, why should not Britain avail herself of
ms great Kilt, and employ il in similar way?
hete the bOonis diStrihdted with a partial and
spafIn. hauc, and consequently the smallpox
s'ill exists III several parts Ufour Island. How
ever, l have the happiness TO say, that since
the hrst PRONUNCIATION OF my discovery, in the
year ii9S, the deaths by sn,dll-poX in The Bri-
'lNh realms, aCcordlh" To- the best estimate
eau form, are reduced from more than ~, 600
re less Than G39e. I he metropolis fer the last
zen or Twelve years exhibited 4 reduction ut
a'Hc't 0ne-haii oIIIy bat during The last two
Sesrs, rSccina' on has been more extensively
rractisGd Than eJH er, both from tie bencv ulenCe
stpriva;e D;!i., iduols Of the Faculty, and the
puDiic institutions; and this year promises
tar greater TtductiOn la tie number OF deaths
han any Oh u has preceded 1t Yea may. peT-
hays, al tre India House, lave acquaintance
who Will furnish you with copies of their re-
ports from Calcutta, Bombay and Madras. A
copy CT one OF these have enclosed, that il
m!H he seen with what vgor the new mo
culatiOu was prosecuted III a country too dis
tant for The approach ct prejudice. In the
island At CeSl0n the ravages were dreadful
81 h6J.h many efforts Lad been made 10 lessen
its fatality 10y VarIOioas inocnlati0n. This,
wherever ii was practsed, prOduceda spread
ing OF the disease, and made Il bal matter
worse so that the people would have nothing
TO do with ~. But after little lime, they
took 20 the vaccine very readily aud bv ic-
ftTTjns TO DR. ChristIc'S Publication on tine
subject, Which you may tnd al ans Oi lie mtGI
Cal book -ellerS you VIII GbsCTV . ibJl lhe small
poS became totally extinct. However, inS rite
OF glsrin= facts OF this de- ciiptiOn must can
tidN acknOw ledge, ! am not at all surprised.
that both IN our countg! AID in other parts Of
the world, paI tai prejudice should now and
then lit up its head. Ii Is called into exist
ence, not from ANY lbing faulty N the IIIuci-
pie Of Vaccination, but from "TOag and in
judsious application OF thai principle. For
example, q child or family of children, may
be ~ suca Il state, that the action OF the vac.
cine huId VIXEN applied 10 the skin, shall be
either wholly or partially resisted. 1t may
either produce ue eject al all, or u may pro-
dVCe pu>uleS, VaTIing considerably in their
rise, pro reSS, and general appearances, from
Hose g hICh have been designated by the term
sorrect twas about the year 1891, that was
fortunate enough 10 discOyerthe general cause
Vi these deviatIUns, aud no sDoneT was IL fully
impressed Oh my mind than published il 10
The world. Though I'll may nave access to the
parert with i!Ie greatest iacility, yet few, very
lew indeed, amoug those WliO VaCctDate, have
paid any attention 10 u yet i am confident
troma review OF The practice Oh al immense
scale. and through psjiOd 81 more ihah tWen.
- wears, that IL IS a matter which bas - eaioI
claim on our attention. ttt.u any ONE thing he.
fidts connected win NacCInatIOuj indeed
MAY say ti,5u every other tlIiHg. What dlludt
-, Is q culic,dput eruptiye state OF tie kin
principally hearing what we caiI tie bgrpeucUi
irtitstlFe character II Wt NacCinate a Cinit
under ito Z. tluchcc. We are apt TO create G. a.
fds,ou. Tie Dusinie will participate in iht
character u TIT hvTgE tic blOtCh. ADD ihe twt
thus Oc. )mc blended i0initug an appearance,
thai IS neither yatciu" nor he.p pete but tht
wort Dl u o., That he patient does not receive
ihat ysjt8 -ycurity ifOm smallpox infection
winch Z, given by tie perfect pu,iuics. 1t by
no mea1s always hapI s;is t!at tie appearance
OfaH eruption Ot t1ls, o. ANY Otherdesc fIpiiou
prevents stcprtt", bat u Is 20 commonly tit
case tiat cannot 100 much enforce the ueccs.
ally iUr lI-Jd attention iu tae uioCuiafOT
whenever - cdild ~ pTe-ti,tPu 90 ilim Tor vac.
clua,ilu, under such circumstances fl Tie
case admits Oi 30 delay. these titative aztec
ttors % the sin shCrid Du removed a. once
perfect safety, Wien they ate not SeTy uume
iOUs aud D! Ion, stlnuiHg me liCiEe iu tha
case may be necessary ~ conjunction VI i.ii al
application. bGt OF Ills sufjcrt ncea 10
tLlsTgC ,d~ ~ IS EJOre tNrtlculdrly spOk Ell OF j
tie paper referred 10. HowEyer, nicy Ho,
jn.t sag UIhi TIE dpp.icdtt9B make use of
destroying iu'se etuyuUuN, IS the unc ucntui
hydtagUH HIltau " the law London Dispei
satOTy.
One wood more will rr.yr -; t. prejudice. =
How frequently nave WGSCtH, ~ d YoTicty
the puOUc pTuIs. paragraphs VI ibis desctil
'Psjl4ard ui tbs Oh Foiume of th' EciceiC Bept
tor ,isis. ID.
4 coDy usJ be Goon1 in S.sIonfSr siesics. ~
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