The Democratic Whig. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1842-1843, 1843-05-25

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To article W. anpilsd By lie Editor Of ths =
Louisville Journal. and treats The subject in
papulaI W.. SEES % renaor i inteIes,ing to
he gunsal rsidsr. As GOOD deal Of skspti-
ism prevails e to he efficacy q vaccination 4.
10 preventing The small poE, and as our oiti-
sens feel 10 little anxiety e. bis tine N regard
70 this loathosome and dangesous disease, We
pabI1h tie treatise N faA notWithsianding iu
length. and recommend il % or readers, who
entertain any doubi a. to This inealinnabIs rem
sdy.
VAccINATIoN--ITs UsEs AND
ABUsEs.-Ths name Of Jenner is so
intimately interviewer with the s0bieet
Of vaccination, that L is almost impos-
sible 10 mention either without Al once
calling up the other. and, in presen-
ting . short sketch OF the discovery
aud propagation Of the doctrine Of vac
cinaiion, we shall adhere as closely as
possible to the history Of Jennsf him
SELF So complete, indeed, was his.
discovery that be leit but little else for
his successors 10 do than TO keep an
eye upon the cardinal principles deyel-
0ped by himself.
The mind Of Jenner was awakened
ID the subjected the power Of cow-pox
in protecting the human frame from
smallpox BY an incident that occurred
while be was In his nOviciate as a stu
dent Of medicine. A young female
called Upon bis preceptor for advice,
and, while she was in the Office, small
box being mentioned, she remarked:
81 cannot have that, for have had the
cow-pox." This remark fixed itself
10 his memory, and he never lost sight
Of it. Fortunately. Gor mankind his
mind was Of a proper stamp for Crap
pling such a subject and, being thor
ough master Of everything relating to
smallpox, he was well qualified 10 UNI
fold ell the mysteries Of vaccination.
He closely Investigated the whole mat
ter for twenty years, and repeatedly
laid his reflections before his medical
breihern without awakening anything
like q sympathy with his labors. la
1896, he published bis work entitled,
Gan Inquiry Respecting Variols Vac
cine," and gave the world the means
Of disarming small pox Of its terrors.
Nothing shows more clearly the pro-
found sagacity Of Jenner than the name
he proposed for the affection: pa,iOle
RACINE, for few well-inlolmed persons
now doubt the great principle involved,
that vaccination is not mere PTepeH-
tatiUs Of smallpox, but the smallpox il
self, Invested Of its malignity by modk
6caiions made in its passage through
the brute creation. The disease has
often been observed among cattle, and
frequently assumes a malignant and IA
tai form. The history OF smallpox in
the human race frequently contains NJ
ices Of its ravages among the ANIMALS
domestiCated for the use Of man, and
we regIet that our limits prohibit =
more minute reference TO some Of lhese
interesting particulars. This doctrine
Of Jenner, to which we have referred,
has been often conlro7ered, but il has
been recently demonstrated be, ont
contradiction by an accomplished Eug.
hsh surgeon, Mr.. Ceeley, who, in re-
| peated instances, by inoculating cattle
with smallpox matter, gave them the
vaccine disease from The matter which
be produced the genuine vaccine pus-
tule in tie human body. A very sim
guar fact was observed by Mr.. CeeleY
in connection with these experiments,
viz: that this virus increased in strength
and intensity in passing through the
human body up to the fourth or 9Th
remove from the COW. The same az
fection can DO prodoced from The horse,
and equine matter was often used at
6rst The disappearance Of the coic-
poE from the dairy establishments olien
interrupted the experiments Of Jenner,
until the fortunate idea Of using matter
from the HI pustuls da@ned on
his mind. From that time, his diff
eulties began TO vanish.
The identity Of smallpox and cow
pox is an important consideration, es-,
pecially TO those who think vaccination,
an Indifferent matter unless il will in all
cases and under ell circumstances az
ford complete immunity from smallpox.
Bot this is moreIhan the smallpox IL
self does, for it often attacks the same
individual twice, and DR.. Baron, in
bis life Of Jenner, says that there Wers
more instances Of second attacks Of
smallpox within his knowledge than Of
smallpox after vaccination. A case
strikingly illustrative Of this doctrine Of
identity, is recorded by DR.. Baron as
having occurred in a relative of bis. A
child was yaccinated in India, and
was supposed 10 have taken The dis
ease properly ;.it was vacclnaled again
in England, and took it well again /;
il was then inooulated for smallpox