Weekly national intelligencer., 1845-11-22
SMALLPOX VACCINATION

H'eSsis' ne appearance OF smallpox
has created considerable stir and much anxiety with bse
our citizens who have neglected the procauon Of vaccton
either in their persons their families Ii is to be fear
ed that loo many have failed this particular and should
they be fortunate enough escape the contagon Of the dis
ease, time should be lost perform the sacred duty
having each member Of their family that have not
received the virus
Unlocking the Carolina by RoB ERr
MlLLs Esq now OF this city, my attention drawn an
interesting article on the subject Of Vaccination, which,
from It's general reference ought be extensively circulated
that all should know and Judge Of The popety Of adopting
the plan there suggested Of ensuring the efficacy Of the virus
natter upon the purity Of which depends the success Of
vaccination
In the year 1902 (ays Mr. Mills) Vaccination was in
roduced into Charleston by Dr. David Ramsay within four
years after Dr. Ienne had published It's efficacy in preventing
the smallpox and this oahsome disease has BEEN compare
lively speaking, eradcated in the State The future avages
OF the smallpox may be fairly put the Of the
less the ignorant the preudced would be po-
icy in Lcgs resuie by law under penalty The
vaccination Of every child in the State and make both the
duty and interest OF physicians to attend TO il.
The deep Importance OF this subject the welfare Of
State induces the author OF this work subon here
plan which has been proposed in England the eff
acy OF vaccination and hns end to doubt it, pre-
yentye power against the smallpox.
The idea has been aduoed that the weak
ened In the direct ratio the distance may
from its original source in the Thus suppong virus
to maximum of activity when directly from the
quaruped and inserted into the human system il
reasonable suppose that il shall become less and less a,
IN vaccination of individual another
until becomes length capable only of producing local
diseased appearances, without the Affection
Of course to be longer preventive of smallpox
That dimnuon Of activity Ia the diseases
which are OF contagious nature has actually taken place.
evident from the miier forms which these diseases as
compared with those which they formerly i seuted
Now, this has been disease
ing that the same law may influence others would be
difficult to ascertain the fact the cowpox although
period OF at least twenty would be required for the
pletion OF the observations which would be required The
following is the plan would suggest for ascertann
LET practitioner of medicine throughout the
DC furnished with tables constructed in the form genealo-
gca tree the OF which shall be the cow obge him.
BY act Of that nature branches that tree
the age of the virus which he employs every yaccinaon
Thus suppose that the contain hundred branches
proceeding in right angles from the stem, those vaccinations
which are performed with virus taken directly from the
would be recorded the first branch Immediately above the
root, each side of the the vaccinations with virus
taken from the individuals there inserted
ia ee e s n & i e % ra ae os 10 .s 6se
as preventive Az this point, them the should termi
and II the pont be that which il is found
prove inert in the majority OF tables should be
tucted Of which this point should be the highest branch
apex and all the other branches of any
these filled, the should be again obtained the
and the progressive vaccinations recorded upon
To render this effective the first experimental
should be transmitted College Of Ply scans other
body appointed by the examine them and ascertain the
point at and after that had been effected, the subse
quen standard should be distributed ual prac-
titoners by the authority.
We perfectly OF the difficulty Of obtaining
scr,aons this point which should in every instance be Of
description be implicitly relied upon, by the aid Of
legal eacment but il the majority accurate the purpose
would be answered and the private interests OF practitioners
after the point clearly acertaned and made known
public, would be the surcst guaranty for the Of the
standard trees.
We offer this suggestion its present crude FORM because
may perhaps elicit discussion the praciicaby
the aud its utility and, these being determined
great difficulty would arise IN arranging the details OF the plsn
II one, undoubtedly, Of great importance the public
whose estimation the value Of vaccination is obviously the
decline and the best informed professional
unsettled in their opinions Indeed clear and
information required respecting the history the
of smallpox after vaccination which have occurred doubt
whether could be furnished hence the necessity adopting
some attain the truth.
"Whaeyer may be thought OF the project which have
brought forward something should be done stay the baneu
effects which necessarily follow the confidence
which is widely felt in the preventive efficacy Of yacci-
ton III the poor have their children vacenatcd
will either get them inocuaed with smallpox and
queny spread aud keep up that loasome and fatal disease
tethat is the almost certainty Of taking the disease by
infection In either case the injury society would be meal
cuabc and although such enthusiasts believe
that smallpox be cxcrnated, yet without great pretc-
sion 20 the spirit of prophecy might predict that APP
pearancc among would be few aud between we're pro-
OF vaccination, and when these have been ascesncd
10 encourage il enforce its general adoption None
deny that smallpox is popagatcd by infection and although
admit that the whatever they which
gnaly produced the disease may again introduce
country yet the springs of infection dried up the banc-
fu torrent which has long risen from them would
flow, while centuries might intervene without the prima,
Of the disease operating IN sufficient force to m
existence"