Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1843-05-24

uponIlc authority of a s.Tespec;ahle citi-
zen of thar lyisir;cr.n in. which you say
that s'ine lenses of Smali pox had occur
! rc,l-ail negroes from Char!es'on; and
nire Of ricn,'Had terminated fatally; and
that the citizens ia their a'artn. had pre-
yehred the physicians from attending them,
by warning ,hsm that they would not en-
;oy them again If ,hcy did sa." Your re-
marks on The above Information arc Just,
apd skcw in whn, light such couauc, on
tho par; either of rhysieiors or citizens IS
regarded.
As Que Of the Physicians. ard as = CHI;
ecu of this place. deem it hu, justice 10
correct, through your columns. an error
into which the public may have fallen iy
the statement abnvc mentioned, by assrr-
Ing you that yunr Informant was in error
when he stated that the ci'izens hal pre-
ycuie'i The physicians from attending The
family of Mr. Mcconnell, where the cases
Of Small Pox occurred.
The facts, so far as am able 10 learn,
are these: S,ne,me since I!r. McCon-
| neil purchased in Charleston five negroes;
soon after their arrival on his plantation
iu this Disttici, The Small Pox radc its
appearance among them; and oi The illne
!, was ascerained 10 he the Small Fox,
his FAIRLY wus attended by a Thompso-
niau Physician. whose services wsrr con-
liuueL until four or !ivc Of the cases hnd
died. He tier senr for ard obtained The
attention and strricss OF DR.. Williamson.
after which two or three other cases ter
minated fatally. all seven deaihs-nnd
eleven cases occurred from this disease.
Nor is il within my knowledge that Mr.
MrCnInell iius ever srEt fir any Other
physician ,liun the nue i,e Trnrnred. Ger
tain am ihb, no physici.n in tll:s village
! has hc-n requested 10 visit ANY case "i
Small Pox occurring in Mr.. McCs. fini-
!y; nor have any cases occurred OIL any
I other plantation than his.
In The conclusion OF an ar ic!c published
in tho Caro;inian oil May ith. by Drs.
Wells, Fair ANA Bos,wrieht. they rcmurs.
.,hat i, is neither cred,Hh!e 10 medical
/ gentlemen 10 refuse to visit Small Pox
cases, and lc, people die for want Of pro-
per attendance, nor 10 the civilization Of
The asc in community who should re-
fuse admi,tance 10 a physician iCto their
families who was in attendance or such
cuscs."
The above remark is perhaps rretlcn,rd
on The sia:cincn, in your paper OF 18th
April; and rs M notice has been given,
when physicinns have either refused or
been prevented from attendin. cases oi
Small Pox. except the remarks III the edl'
torial Of the 9th ult., duplicating The ply
sicians and citizens of Newherry, the in.
ference by every mind will he that such is
the fact Nth regard TO The physicians and
citizens Of this District. Now. sir, to cnun-
ieract and destroy such an impression.
assure you that the statement made in the
former par, OF this communication is sirict-
ly true, ami tha, your informant was in
error when he communicated 10 yon the
statement. PIT forth in your paper OF 2I'h
ul,. would further remark that the cx-
preston in the conciusinn Of the comuru.
uicaiion by Drs. W., f., and B., above
quoted, was uncallcd for, by any circuni.
stances Which have come TO my know
ledge. lflhey were iSnoran, Of the facts
establishing its truth, they should no, havo
put forth the insinuaiion, directly leading
the miud to suppose that such ,cos the fact;
if they did kno,r Of such facts they ought
to have more than barely insinuated ihcm.
As to vaccination iu this District. ! re-
gret 10 say tina, il has been attended with
melancholy results in many instances.
Some seven or eight deaths have occurred.
and in great number Of instances il has
given rise to diseases Of the most intracia-
BILE character; in some producing cxcra-
ciu'ins pnin. AMI the most alarming symp-
toms ic few hours after its inscr,ion-in
others 10 inflammation and su7puraiiDn Of
The glands in tho axillar-and in Others
exciting crysipelaious iniama,ions qf
most uumauas seable Lind-and in by far
the greatest nuinbe. nf these cases Tho mat
ter vaccir,,ed from could h9 traced back
TO particular scab. Scarceiy sirg!r
instance in which such violent symptom,
obtained. resulted from the many other
scorrccs ofyaccine matter brought In'" md
vacciuatcd from in This District. This is
something "new to us" also. We have
not seeu such results follow from vaccina
tina before, and we hope not 10 SEQ them
again hereafter.
Yours respectfully,
BENZ. WALDO.
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