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

nations wed win each other % CIV
ing testimonials offsspeclio tie illus
trous man, who developed lhe powers
Of vaccine virus. The British parli-
ameni voted him 0ne hundred and a.
thousand dollars ; The learned sOeie-
ties in Europe, Amsrioa, ard Asia,
were proud 70 snF0lshis name among
iheir members. Napoleon in the height
ofhis power, paid respec, 70 The re-
quest Of Jenner, that ihe English b.
ton would have asked IN vain and
when The Emperor Of Russia The
King Of Prussia, Marshall BlHcher,
and The Hoffman Plaloi, visited after
the ell Of Napoleon, they earnestly
sought an interview with the benefactOr
ofihe human race, and millions Of bis
iellow;beings called down blessings %
bis head. A recent number Of the
London Lancet says "A man often
misses bis century. Had Jenner liv-
ed 10 ancient Greece or Rome, and
proclaimed a remedy which, without
danger,pain, or difficulty, would become
az anlidote to the most terrible disease
what apoIheoses, what panegyfics,
would have been bis reward He
would at least have received rank a.
mOng The demigOds temples to his
memory, games in his honor, would
have been instituted. But in modern
times while men whose influence on
the destinies Of mapdkind is oil more
than questionable utility have been
Jeted, titled immortalized in bronze
aud marble, not one tablet, not a sim
gle public memorial, hands to posteriiy
the modest name Of the illustrious dis
coverer Of vaccination. Compulsion
even seems necessary to insure the en-
plOyment Of bis inestimable remedy
by some who ought TO be in The adj
vance, rather than in the rear, OF civil
cation"
The latter complaint Is folly borne
out BY facts among Us. Why is il
that so many persons are permitted to
reach mature years without this great
benefit We know OF some cases
where the smallpox commenced with
one Of the family, and the rest Of its
members remained un1accinated and
took SMALL ox, instead bfendeavoring
10 break its violence. We envy not
the feelings ofthai parent who sees this
malady ravsging the vitals Of bis child
and laying waste the beautiful form oil
bis daughter, and reflects that these
evils are the result Of bis own folly
.Ofhis most Gull able neglect. When
such cases stare Is in the face, we
doubt the policy Of the doctrine that
vaccination is capable Of driving small
pox from tie void for, once rid
Oft. Vaeeinalioh would Gail into .dissse,
and the old scourge would return
while mankind would DO mapping
The terrors Of lhs Pestlehce are ne
tsssay to keep Up vaccination, for an
old Scotch wag once remarked truly,
that, ''if men could once get rid Of
The Devil, they would soon get clear
bfihe Lord"
There is, according TO the best med
zeal authorities, great room for inn
proyemenI in the mode Of conducting
vaccination. After the matter IS once
put in the arm il is often The case it re-
ceives no further attention and, in
stead Of our being shrprized that so
many cases Of smallpox occur in vac
cinaied persons, It IS rather a matter Of
marvel that there are not many more.
A person with an imperfect kline pox
is worse off than one without any, for
itIulls TO a false security. Had il not
been lor lhe wonderful cafe Of Jenner
Ring, and Dunn ing, in the infancy Of
ihe cause, ihe bUhgling and culpable
work Of WoodSille, Pearson and 9TH
ers, would have strangled vaccination
in It's. incipiency. When Charles Fox
asked Of Jenner The resemblance Of
Ihe true vaccine pGstule, he gave az
answer, the poetic beauty Of which
tdorns its accuracy, Is The beauty o.
The maiden adorhs Der innocence. He
said it ressmblsd e pearl upon a rose
leaf"
In comparing BarOn's lie Of Jeuner
with the observations Of recent writers
on the subject in various parts Of The
World, we were struck with the ANA
7ing completeness Of Jenners discov-
cries. Scarcely a phenomenon has
been seen in vaccination that was moi
either known 10 or foFetOld by JenneT
bimself and his cardinal principles
that true vaccination is a protection "a
the system against smallpox forever Of
terwards, win be found a true one BY
ell hose who take the same pains thai
no did il performing the operation
We do not purpose to give any direc.
lions on this point, because il IS the
business Of The medical faculty to at
tend to i with a proper sense Of Iheil
m~n-rrast.sfea.r III. G.