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

G. Gregory, and published in the London
Medical Gazette of July 18th, 1888.
Prior to the year 1929, it was the custom
ofthe Wirtemburg service to vaccinate all
recruits who had neither undergone small
pox nor been vaccimated in early life. A
varioluous epidemic, which showed itself at
Stutgard in 1929 occasioned the issue Of a
ministerial order, dated March 26th, 1929,
directing that henceforward all recruits
should be subjected to vaccination who
could not show satisfactory cicatrices eth
cr ofsmall-pox or of the Yaccine. In the
autumn of 1882, smallpox broke out in the
garrison town Of Ulm and, again, a third
epidemic occurred at Ludwigsburg in 1883.
These repeated visitations of smallpox IN
the Wirtemberg territories occasioned the
\ issue ofanother order, dated February 1th'
1883, directing indiscriminatc revacclnna-
tiosQ Of all recruits, without reference 70 vac
cine ficatrices. Directions were further CIV
en- for revaccinating every individual OF the
two garrisons of Ulm and Ludwigsburg; Of
whate YER age or standing in the army
those being the towns in which the varlo'
lous epidemic had displayed itself In the
greatest force.
The generalresults of these very extern
ded trials are given by DR.. Helm lntw ta-
bles.
Table No. /. gives general survey of
tho success attending the reyacinnttlon OF
the entire garrison of Ludwigsburg during
the summer of 1888. The garrisons con-
: sisted of regiment of infantry, and two re-
oimsNls of "a total, 1858. OF these there
were .Hsvaccinated, with the best success,
SIT, tone third Of the whole with modl-
fled or paStial success, 366-without sue
cess, 740. Nearly the whole ofthe subjects
of these experiments were, as might be cx-
pected, adults, between 20 and 80 years of
age, and of course the greater portion of
them had been yaccinated in infancy. IA
only were above or under the ages now spe'
CITED.
OF the SIT men revaccinated as above
staie.. with the best success, 293, (more
than one-hali,) had perfect cicatriccs. On
the other hand, out of the 740 revacclnated
acithoHt effect 222 had imperfect scars, and
l36 retained no marx whatever o' 'leif Ill 81
but effective saccinnatlon.
Table No. II. presents general sum-
maryo the fevaeeilDat'on ,4, oi li'e 1'''raes
of the Royal Army OF Wirtemberg, from
1917 70 1885, OF whleh the 'oilo"hS appear
to be fhe most tmperant:-
Total numbers upon whom the operation
Of reyaccination was performed 1902
-
Of them were reyaecinated-
With nermaa or perfect success 1908
With modified or imperfect success 956
With success, hut in degree not
accurately specified Ola
Without success l'24
-
Total 4oo2
five deduct from the total number re-
vaccinated, 1902, these IN whom success
though perhaps IN the P'curaHy nofltia'' ln',S y
yet not pointed OUT with p1ecisson' S'l4y
the proportion ol those reVacc'iialeo "i.,'
good success IS 81 per cent.-ol nose "''ii
modified Or paruai success "a per ccn'.-
ofthose without result, 40 per cent.
The same table presents US wiih a series
of data from which the value OF the cicatrix'
Us a test OF constitutional safety may oe III
terred.
Of4Ill persons reyaccinated, 2l93 had
normal cicatrices. In 1890 cases the ope'
ration produced certain degree OF erect
One-halfpassed through the second yaccil'
alton IN normal manner .he otnef holl 1
lmperfectly, and IN 'modlhed form. vi
Id numoer,l oo4 aiau te1's7c' S'ot'ti w. 'ua' -.
Is 10 say' odie-''a! Vi s"oSe uPo" "i '