Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1837-01-26

AT meeting of the follow ing Justices Il
inc County OF Augusta, 10 wit: William
Boys, James Bell, James A. McCue, Lit
Teton w addell, John Is. Breckenridge ant
w lii'am foung-who assembled at TIT
COURTHOUSE of said County, on Saturday tn,
l4th OF January, 1897, the following pro
ceedings were had, and by direction of said
JUSTICES are entered upon the Order Book o
the County Court.
whereas, il appears by satisfactory evi.
dence that the Small PoX has prevailed for
some time in family residing on South Riv.
er, IN this County, and has in several instan
ces proved fatal in that family, and that the
attending physician Of said family, who re.
si"es IN the town Of Greenvillc, has taken
inc Injection. Ii also appears that the Sher-
III Vi 'he county has received notice signed
oy u number OF citizens, requiring him To
summon all the Justices of the County, as
prescribed by law, TO meet for the purpose OF
taking the subject into consideration, which
meeting will be held at the Court house ON
thursday the 18Th day of this month. But
IT is thought expedient by the Justices now
present, IN order 10 prevent unnecessary a.
farms, or InJudcious steps by individuals,
before said general meeting of the Justices
can tie held, 10 adopt such measures, subject
10 Tue revision OF that meeting, as will be
calculated quiet the public mind, and pre-
vent The spreading of the disease. The JUS
tices now assembled, therefore, alter consul
ting with medical genllement and others.
have adopted unanimously the following re
solutions
l. incubation for the Small Pox, whether
general or partial, is deemed inexpedient and
dangerous, with the single exception Of per>
sons exposed 10 Injection, (and who cannot
he removed,) in houses where the disease i'm
the haturaistate is IN actual existence. Vac
cInatIon though not an infaliihe security a.
galnst infection is believed in all cases where
IL does not prevent the disease altogether, to
have the effect of rendering il comparatively
harmless, and so slight as to remove all reas-
enable apprehension of a probably fatal or
dangerous result. On the other hand, inoc-
ulaiion itself furnishes no greater security a
gaInst the disease than vaccination, while il
mulliplies the danger OF infection, which NAV
he taken from inoculated patients, but not
from those subject merely 10 the influence of
vaccination. A general system of vaccina,
ton is therefore simply preventive in lis eff.
fects, while one of incubation would spread
the disease throughout the community, and
carry il into every family.
2. Ii IS recommended 10 the people of
Greenville and lis vicinity, and of any other
neighborhood in the country where Small
Fox 10 actually existing, &c assemble and by
themselves, or one or more agents, 10 max e
provisional arrangements, TO he reported 10
the general meeting of the Justices above
mentioned, tor the procurement of a suitable
house to be used as hospital, and Of suitable
attendants who have had the Small Pox them
selves
3. II is recommended that incubation be
altogether declined, with the single excep.
ton above mentioned.
4. II being important TO ensure, as early
as practicable, the vaccination OF every per-
son IN the county who has not already had
The Small Pox or the vaccine disease, all the
practising physicians within the county. and
other competent persons who may be author
izeu IN writing by any one or more of them.
are requested TO proceed forthwith to yacci-
nate as extensively as they can; and for that
purpose TO visit all the families within their
reach, not effec,ually visited by others en-
gagged in the same duty using all proper ar,
guments and persuasions TO overcome oniec
tIcns, and taking list, to he returned to the
next monthly Court, as well of all persons
vaccinated by them, as OF others who ought
TO be, but refuse TO be vaccinated The du.
ty above directed is to be per formed, with
, the expectation that the County Court will
make provision for reasonable compensa.
ton in those cases where il cannot be made
by individuals
3. Drs. A. Waddell, StribIing & Berke,
ley are requested TO act as general vaccine
agents for the county, and to adopt such mea-
sures as they may deem expedieDt for pro-
curing and distributing sufficient supplies of
genuine vaccine matter.
g. The Sheriff and Magistrates Of the
county are requested to circulate information
OF The above proceedings as extensively and
speedily as practicable and the Clerk is re
quested TO send forthwith a copy thereof to
some respectable inhabiiant nf Greenvi!le
and another copy thereof TO some respectable
neIghhor ofthe family ofHugh Black, decd
Z. The Clerk is requested to cause lOC
copies of the foregoing proceedings TO be
printed, and furnished TO the Sheriff and O.
| theirs for distribution amongst the Justices
and in the several neighborhoods Throughout,
the county,. Copv-Tesie,
JEFFERSON KINNEY, elk.
The Sheriff having according to Law.
summoned the Justices Of Augusta County,
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