Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-03-08

sident, and DR.. Malloy, Secretary.
On motion,
Resolred unanimously, That the Board report
to the Town Council that there is no case of small
pox in town, and none nearer than nine miles
all the cases are on the other side Of tho river in
Marlborough District.
On motion,
Resolred unanimously, That this Board pledge
themselves that if any case of small pox should
occur in town they will Immediately report it to
the Town Council, and announce it to the public.
M. MACLEAN, Pres't of the Board.
A. MALLoY, Secretary.
There is constantly stationed at the Chcraw
bridge an efficient guard to prevent suspicious
persons from coming over. We trust the disease
will not spread. The greatest danger perhaps is
now from those who are recovering, or have re-
covered fromit. We state the following fact to
caution the public on this point.
A friend of ours ten years ago, was infected in
Charleston, and y Ped on the road between
that city and Georgetown. Some time 1--WE do
not now recollect how long, but we believe week
or more,) after he had fully recovered, he tho
roughly washed his whole surface in warm water,
left behind him every article Of apparel which he
wore during his sickness or convalesence, and
travelled home in the stage, q distance of more
than 100 miles. But notwithstanding the pre-.
cautions used by him, the disease was communi.
Gated from him to negro boy who came into his
room for few minutes once or twice, after his
return home. That the disease of the boy was
small pox we know, for we attended him in his
sickness Two or three others took the disease
from him, but by proper precautions it was pre-
vented from spreading farther.
Owingto the irregularity of the mails we have
no late accounts of the proceedings Of Congress.
We have received communication of Mar
rage, which we are obliged to exclude because it
is not accompanied by q name.
Persons in the country at distance
from Physicians are often obliged to yacci-
nate their own families. For the benefit of
such among our readers, we republish the
following from the third No. of the Philadel-
phia Journal of Medical and Physical Sci
ences.
In the practice of vaccination, certain
rules are recommended and should be care.
fully observed. The first of these regards
the time for the performance Of the opera
ton. Except under very peculiar circum.
stances, it is not to be done sooner than the
third week after birth. The uncertainty Of
organization being complete, and the ex-
treme delicacy and irritability Of the new
born babe, are the grounds of this advice.
None of the trivial arrangements Of health
incident to the month, constitute objections
to the operation. But where crusta lactea,
or herpatic eruptions, or, indeed, any cuta-
neous disease ensts, it is for the most part
inadmissible. 1t is exceedingly difficult, in
this state of the skin, to get the virus to act,
and when it does, it is apt, as we shall pre-
sently show, to generate mixed disease,
destitute of the property of protection a.
gainst the small pox.*
Concerning the selection Of the virus
much has been said, and it is doubtless of
great consequence. European writer's, in.
cluding Jenner, seem generally to prefer the
pellucid fluid directly from the pustule, and
urge its being taken on or before the ninth
day, or, in other words, prior to its becoming
opake or purulent, or the areola being form
ed. That tbs less active after this period,
seems pretty well established, though we
have ample evidence that it is still Efficient
provided the vesicle has not been opened, or
its peculiar actions disturbed in any mode.
Exposed, however, as it is to those contin.
gencies, perhaps 1t would be right to aban-
don the use of the transparent virus alto.
gether, and substitute the scab. To the
latter practice we know of no objection,
anditis supported by several considerations.
First.-It allows the disease to run its
course, free from the danger of changing
its specific character, by any artificial inter-
ference.
Second. virus embodied in the scab
may, by the ordinary precautions, be much
longer preserved, even for a year or up.
wards without vitiation or diminution Of
power.
Third.-It affords larger supply Of mat
ter for an extensive propagation of the dis.
ease.
Fourth. difficulty of infection is
lessened by the ample portion Of virus which
it furnishes.
Be it remembered, however, that there IS
a choice in the sca6. Those which are hard
and compact, of dark mahogany color, and
with a regular weN defined margin, should
l. ;c,r,l,, .oloctad Tho saa2e 0,e,1Sh