Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-03-29
MEDICAL.
Vaccination.
From the appendix to Wilson Oh fes'F

cal man TO contribute as far as he IS able to
extend the knowledge of the COW pox; and
as the nature of this treatise ony allowed
me to point out its safety and efficacy as a
preventive of small pox, am happy in hay
ing it in my power to lay before the reader
the following instructive extracts from let
ter With which was favored by DIR. jerlncr.
"The vaccine pustule exhibits many va
rietics of tint during its progress. The three
following are the most predominant;( observe
am now speaking of the correct pustulc)
pink, pearl and amber, from the 9th or 7tl,
to the 9th or 10th day. About this time, and
sometimes onward to the 11th. or 10Th day,
it assumes a blush cast; but this is not
common, nor is it ofany consequence wheth-
er it appears or not. In my early treatses,
when speaking on this subject, particularly
noticed this color, but | was then alluding
chiefly to its color as it appears on the tcats
ofthe COW.
sI,will Just mention, as wish it to be as
universally understood as possible, that the
chief point to be attended to BY every one
who raccinatcs, is the state of the patients
skin, as it is so apt when under tue influence
of fherptic cruptions Etetters and ring wormsl
to Induce varieties of tue vaccine pustule;
and these varieties, according to their gra-
dations or rdeviations from the perfect pustulc,
produce gradations with regard to security
that is to say, if the deviation is trilling, Sc
curity may be depended On: il the pock in
its progress puts on Il midway appearance,
partaking as much ofthe hcrpctic as the vac
cine character, the case is doubtful; and
when the hcrpetic character follows tho
puncturc, and prevails throughout its course,
then. It is to be considered Of no avail
whatever. However, with due attention.
this tendency to anomaly can common
" be controlled with great facility. Ii
j find the pustulcs running sciM in conse-
onence Of these bletches, | deaden them at
once, bv the use oil ung. hydrargyrl nitrati:
In early infancy, when they are detected
behind the ears OF on any tender part OF the
skin. my application is solution Of the sui
nhat of zinc or the acetate of lead. 1t is
curious to observe how quickly then will
the pustule assume its perfect character and
maintain it; thus affording the security
sought for. Itwould have been cxtraordi-
nary indeed if the whole phenomena OF vac
cination had burst upon my mind at once.
It was not till the year 1903 that | discover
ed this was the ordinary cause OF Interrupt
ron to the perfect progress of the vaccine
pock !; and in 1904 published my first pa
per on the subject in the Med. and Phys.
Journal far August. My next was incor-
poratcd with Dr.. VILLAINS work on Yaccna'
tion.
"Thc same coincidence Grritative erup-
tions) am convinced from the most ample
testimony, is the source of failure in varlo-
Ions inoculation s. the cause ofthe smallpox
occurring more than once in the same indi-
ridual when communicated in the natural
way. Here could launch out pretty widely
had Isfime. What field does this open
10 the view Of the physiologst! A single vesl'
cle,such as appears on the lip, for example, IN
catarrh,is capable Of alteringthe action ofthe
skin, consequently the stomach, and next the
whole fabric. What light does it throw on
the action of blisters!''
The following extract give at DR.. Jen.
ner's request from his letter to DR.. william
lust alluded to, farther illustrating the sub.
iect of the latter part of the above extracts.
aThos. Church, son Of Thos. Church
carpenter, at Berkeley, was lnocu!atee
"for smallpox" F." by Mr.. Williams, (late
a surgeon Of eminence at Dursley, in this
county, a very experienced inoculator, bu
who has now retired from business with
party of near twenty other young persons
Nothing very particular was observed du
ring the progress Of infection, except that hi:
arm inflamed early and with more violence
maturated, and was several weeks in heal
ing. He sickened about the usual time, an,
had eruptions, which were considered a:
rariolous, but whether they maturated O.
not. cannot ascertain. Aferthe lapse o
four wears, on being exposed to the small
pox, he caught the disease and had it Sc
verely. This youth was from his infancy
affected with tinea capiis, [scaldheadl and
pretty constant succession Of blotches abou
his face and different parts ofhis body. Hi
head was now well, and his skin nearly fire
from any eruption. That the disease h
caught, four years after the inocq!atlor
was really the small-p there could be n
doubt as several children were lnoculatc
from the pustulcs who bad it correctly.
81 havo often been sstonished at seein
how small, and apparently how triaing,
local affection of any part ofthc skin is ca
pable of foccasioning derang: :mcnts in its &C
iion in parts at a distance, although its diso'