Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1840-01-31

SNALL Pox---In tbr last number a "A.
Medical Journal We find . letter 70 The .s;,,-
from DIR. Flint Of Springfield, which We o.
a. below. DR. Flint has long been koouu a,
most intelligent scientific physieisn. VIZ,
conclusion be may have intended ne puts,.
should draw from bis statement, wecsnoes Iii.
but il seems 10 us, TO Be simply this. TIE t;,s
pox is a ssrs and certain prOs.eIsOn azsi,,, al.
'-cUnaueni" or 'PusiuIsr small pOr = Ia, ~.
regular small pox5 DOES NOS now er;,s al
the small pox now prr,slsni IS an eniir.ly Az.
ferrnt disease. An impOusnr qsrss;oa Se,e.
arises, which the Doctor ooss nos arssu,s -
answer, VIZ. l. the kline pox s-certsia n,.-
sebtiVe" Of The distinct diseass," which !,
now carrying or its daily victims, uos,r n.
name Of smalI Pox p Bostoa C0Hsier.
To tie Editor ef tie Bssiss Medical e.I
Surgical ycrrHas
Dear sir.-Thiuy-eighi year, ago w,,
InccUiatrd Tor COW poz. from. nIaIisr osszin.
I'd from DIR Wsie:hous-. T'hiry-four var,
since. an inhsbiisnl OF Nonhboto'. eo,,r,v 81
Worcester. returned from New York ,pd,.
posed. and shortly aiierM ards came ca, ,lrh
small pox- At that time vaccination vs,rsl
much PrEriiss4i, end as bis own family .pS
others IN the district were exposed 10 tie a..
easr. The authorities ordered an inoeuIa.;oo
for small pon Of all who had bern and uer.
opposed Totes the preventive poHsr 81
COW pox. visited this iitiis ho<ri,sl. and
took with me two others. whom had ore.
siously vaccinsted at different times and ".
procured ourselves TO te inocuisirc tv the
attending physician, fsom the tocy Of the
man who died a few days afterwards or con.
fluent small Pox. The puacfurrs 10 our,r,.
rfal arms lnfiamed slightly 10 about turn,y.
four hours. and In five or SIX DAYS subs.
quently Terminated in an irregular .S.h
h'eh fell oil. leasing no mark. Since ihra
J have treated The disease as II prevails now
at many difrrcn, times. and am familiar
whh disappearance in the unprotected. il
those who have had Gov poT. aud in those
who have had natural small pox, and small
pox BY incubation.
How COW pox should be a preventive Of
small pox in any instance. OF Wis small uct
should be modified BY COW pox. do no, pre-
tend 10 know Bot X j. sir.nge that small
pox-lhe most crY-l. IooihSonse and DEADLY
OF all diseases derived from specific inlrc-
TONS not.a security sgainSi second al.
tack OF the same disease Ii Is singular
departure from The Laws iha, uniformly gov.
err other diseases y hich are propsea,ed. We
knOie. BY specific infection. sirssels may lie
conioundrd wHh other exsn,hrma,s which
simiiaie IL; humps uIh incideniaI irfan-
nation Of the parotid glands; hopping coueh
with bronchI,is; chicken pox with mild or
niAigai,d small pol and the siIong resrm.
blancr between the latter. induced Thcmp-
son. ia his ireaiIsr on small pos. &c to afii-
isir small Pox. vafioloid apd ckicten pcr-
Bot these mistskts TO an experienced eye,
vii! 50 seldom happen as 10 furnish scarcely
an exception.
My own opinion is. that small poX. as ID
ezisfs Aor. is ms distinct from the regular
small por" described by Sydenham and The
earlier writers. as is chicken pox IRON vanO-
loid that the small pox Of the prrs-Et tine
is described by SydeBhau nnd-T The name
Of Anomalous small poA" history Of
the same disrasr was written by Rogers Ut
mistake noil Us j. prevailed in some Tsu Of
Ireland. and again ~ 81 ME- one (namr net
reeollreted) in India. Regular small ros."
as described BY Sydrnham. was Pusiuar
disease. accompanied with phIeemonons in
Termination lsuprosr COW pOx TO be GER
tain preventive Of the disrasr and since the
almost universal introduction OF COW poS
that pGsiular-small pos is among = things
iha, wrre"--thal j, does not. in fact. eais, ..
this lime.
The small pos Of this day is vesieusr
disease. and the accompanying inflammation
is erysipelatous-a distinct disease. and Tr.
curing medication and management quite
different from the approved method of,resi-
ing "pnstular small pnx." II this bypothe.
sis be correct. il does away entirely many
perplexing doubts and embarrassmenls =
And these suggestions. hope will induce
others of more leisure and better means 10
re-exsmine the earlier authorities, comparing
their descriptions and histories with what is
passing nov under onr own eyes.
Respectfully, your obrdient servant
JOSEPH II. FLINT.