Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-05-25
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The recent arrival Of Monsieur and Madame Tag
lien in this country, gave rise to one two Incl
DENTS that we shall endeavor here to improve upon.
They in the Liverpool steamship, and on beard
Of that fne vessel a case of small pox occurred
This was source Of no small uneasness to the rest
Of the passengers, particularly the ladies; for the
ships surgeon told them that unless they allowed
him to vacoinate every one of them, they could not
set foot the shores of this glorious continent
Here was unpleasant predicameHt for number of
beautiful young women to find themselves in.
"What is the process, doctor9" said enc laughing
girl.
"Merely to make slight incision-a small pune
ture in the skin, Madam" replied Eseuapius.
"What do you puncture the skin for!'
"Nerely to insert the virus"
ooh shocking! What is the virus, doctor?"
These, and hundred other que stions, were asked
and answered. Some cried, SEINE laughed, and all
were excited except the Taglionis, who stood on
the poop deck gazing the glorious shores of the
United States, and wondering whether they were to
dance before naked savages, or crowds Of civilized
citizens. Totally unconscious of the terrors of the
small pox they stared at the doctor with intense
constituent, he told them they in great dan
ger unless they allowed him to vaecinate them. AT
loss to comprehend his meaning, Madame Taglioni,
vaccinate, was a custom house term for searching
their trunks. Accordingly, something like the fol-
Lowing conversation commenced
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 0ui-dsctare-some one
shall want to search my trunk-eh!
Doctor Qaaghing)-No, Madame, not exactly your
whole trunk; but just merely TO operate on one of
your arms.
Monsieur-Arms! mon Dieu! we have several
arms-no arms, Monsieur! no pistole no dagger! no
nosing Of some arms-mon Dieu have no arms
Madame has no arms
too.
Observation-Disclosures pas! All oui! But
you must not search my legs-nor my wifes legs.
We shall live by our legs
ed Monsieur laughed, the Doctor Laughed the ladies
laughed, and then Captain Fayrer had his laugh At
last the process Of vaccination explained to the
talented dancers; and believing it to be custom OF
the country to vaccnate every foreigner before land
ing, they reluctantly consented Monsieur mutter-
ng-"Vassinate-Mon Discriminatory wife
her beautiful arms-cut de skn-land OF liberty
Mon Deu! de liberty Is too great-vera great lber-
ty to cut my wife on de arm-when we so back they
shall vassinats leg shall suppose! Liberty!
very much great liberty-God denim"
Such is a rough outline of the Of the subss-
qUent remarks upon the simple process Of VACCINE.
ron, which though extensively practised in this
city is but little understood. There is no branch of
the physicians practice more useful or more abused
Ii high time this matter properly understood,
and as the faculty dete rmned to keep the pub
lie in ignorance, we will take the troabe to enghten
them.
There are, in New York, nearly eight hundred
practising physicans. great number OF them young
men; and amongst his number, particularly the
younger practitione some eatirey ignorant as
to the knowledge Of discerning genuine pustula.-
A child may be vaecinated, and show fine looking
pustula; still, this may prove not TO be genuine
There are many practitioners, old and experienced
in the profession, who, to our certain owledge,
cannot tell q spurious from a genuine pustaa; the
consequence is this-the matter is taken from spa
rious pustula other children vaccnated with il,
and forever deprived Of the intended
by this operation; for, contend that after in
FAINT has been vaccinated with spurious matter,
(and that childs constitution being predisposed to
infectious disease,) Is barrier against the gena-
inc matter ever forming genuine pustula, but not
against the small pox to be sure, In Ut this
fsl disease showing itself, some may escape many
would if they were not vaccinated. This shows
that their constitution 10 not PredisPosed to the In
fictitious disease In this the evil does not rest
here. This spurious matter is given to other physi
cians-perhaps to one who is perfectly acquainted
with the subject OF vaccination, and he at last dis
that the pusua formed by this matter, which
might have been good, has not formed genuine pus-
tula He tries after In vain to succeed in this pa
tent, and at length satisfies himself and the family
that the first must have been good, il would have
taken the second time that, il the individual
Withstand all these trials it is free from the fear Of
small pox, and that they will try again in two
three years. The time passes on. The anxious pa
rents (f anxious they be) at last satisfied, by
the failure OF this last attempt that their child is safe
at least from the Of the many awful diseases that
the human frame is subject TO, until the disease
breaks ONT by their being the least way exposed 10
il. The result is often death. This is the dis
tressins, this only occur TO persons who
from infancy predisposed to the disease for spuri-
Gus matter cannot form pustuIa a person whose
constitution is not predisposed to infectious disease
Another practice that is carried on generally here
by physicians with but very, very few exceptions,
which is equally unfortunate in its results this
after the patient 10 vaccinated with virus from
genuine pustula, and when the pustus is in proper
ne m
ter to diusc its effects through the system general
Of the clear fluid and instead Of the disease affecting
the whole system is intended il is th1s changed
TO merely superficial disease and such patient, IL
before vaccination, prsdisposed, is not protect
ed from the small pox. This is why we hear
physicians assert, 'oh, it is requisite t. vaccinate
every seven years, for vaccinated such and such
patisnt-thers was a genuine pnstula yet the pa
tent was after attacked with small pox and died"
They forget to say that they had removed the pre-
ventive from il. When, on the contrary, if a
patient is properly vaccnated and the pustula is
disturbed, second vaccination is not alone
sary, bat gensine pustula can now be formed
ond time. What we would advise is this, never to
allow physician TO dis urb the pustula, and your
children are secure. There are SEINE very eminent
practitioners here Of cid standing who have been in
practice some twenty or thirty years, who have
err disturbed the pustua, but always vaccnate from
vouch for this assertion that they nsver had pa
tient whom they had vacsinnatcd take either the
small pox varoloid.
person who 10 vaccnnated is not exempt fro N
taking the small pox the same day the operation 10
ne rforrscd. Neither IL he the n