Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-03-29

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"ProJable Causes of Spurious Pustules.
| ."Spurious pustules may be occasionet
not only by matter taken from spurious
pustule, but also by matter taken from ;
genuine vesicle at too late period; or by tina
which has been injured by keeping, expo
sure to heat, or any other cause. They
may also be occasioned by using rusty Ian
Gets in inoculating by rude and unskil
full methods of pertormingt the incubation
or by the genuine vesicle having been des'
troyed at an early stage; and the regularpro
gress ofthe disease thus interrupted.
e" The methods of taking Vaccine matter for in.
oculatios, and Of prescribing and conreying IT.
Matter may be taken from Il genuine
vesicle at any time from its commencement
till the areola* begins to spread common.
ly till the eighth or ninth day, sometimes
later, but never after the areola is fully form.
cd.
cit is to be taken by small superficial
punctures, made in several parts ofthe vesi.
Gle with the point Of a lancet introduced
horizontally. Time should be allowed for
the fluid to cxude, which will appear on the
vesicle in the form ofsmall pellucid drops.
If necessary, very slight pressure may be
applied with the fiat surface of the lancet,
to quicken the discharge.
"Great caution must be observed in this
process or violent inflammation, and cx.
tcnsive liberation may sometimes ensue.
"Thc matter may be received on the
points ofcommon lancets, when it is design.
ed for use Immediately, or within very few
days otherwise these instruments cannot
with propriety be employed either for the
preservation or conveyance of vaccine mat.
ter, as when charged with that fluid they
soon rust. An ivory lancet is not liable
to this objection. Itmay be fixed inahan.
die, and screwed into case. in order to ex.
clude air.
GA common method is to take two small
square pieces Of glass, on the centre of one
of which the matter may be received, by ap-
plying the glass to the vesicle, punctured in
the manner before described, and covered
with the fluid it may then be suffered TO
dry, and applied to the vesicle repeatedly.
When fully charged, and dry, it is to be
covered with the corresponding piece OF
glass, and wrapped up in writing paper, or
goldbcatcr's skin.
=" Matter may be also taken on thread,
which, being imbucd with it must he-sufier-
ed to dry, and then charged again this pro.
cess may be repeated till it is well satura.
ted; it may be kept in a phial, or in a quill
Or O piece ola tobacco-pipc, stopped with
white wax:-thc heat necessary to meR
scaling-wax might injure the matter.
"Anothcr way of preserving matter is,
to take il on the end of quill, which, when
dry,may be inserted into the barrel ofano.h-
or quill or ifslender portions Of quill be
pointed like tooth picks, a number Of them
when charged may be inclosed in the bar.
rel of one quill. These, as the thread, af-
ford convenient modes of conveying the
matter in letter to any distant place.
GA small instrument made of ivory,
shaped like the tooth of comb, and poin.
tedlkc lancet which may be called aVaccI.
nator, is in every respect as we'll adapted to
the same purpose and not being liable to
bend, tits introduced into the puncture with
more case and certainty than the tooth.pick'
These Instruments require much less mat.
terto charge them than thread or glass
but whc.l they are not intended to be used
soon, they ought to be repeatedly charged.
When they arc to be used in short time,
it is sufficient to wrap them in paper.
"Mattcr must always be allowed to dry
without heat in the shade, and be kept in a
dry and cool place.
"Evcry practitioner who has not con.
stant succession of patients, ought to take
matter when he has an opportunity, and to
preserve it for any future occasion.
"The modes Of Inoculation.
b The constitutional, as well as the locaI
SYMPTOMS ofthe vaccine affection, depend
in great degree on the mode in which the
virus is inserted. The smaller the wound
of the skin is, tie lighter in general is the
disease. =.
Fluid matter is better than dry. when II
can Be procured, because it is more likely
to produce infection: and the operation Is
more lightly and quickly performed. Hence
il is evident, that in every instance where j
is practicable, the patient from whom the
matter is to be taken should represent, ant
tbe matter should be transferred immediate
ly from arm to arm. ::
"Inoculation is generally performed IL IL
the upper arm, near the insertion of the del. cit
old muscle; but in some adults, who ar
likely to use the arm much it's more aqvl M
sable to inoeulate on the inside OF the leg
little below the knee.
"The point of a lancet being charged tn
skin should be stretched, that the cuticle may
be penetrated with more ease. A small