The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1849-05-16
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MODE OF ARRESTING THE PRO
GRESS OF SMALL POX.

| hObIL vi hIkhb i4No 49,
GRESS OF SMALL POA.
Vaccination is so far from being unlvcr-
sally adopted, that it is. at all times, matter
of fear when il is announced that the small
pox has made lis appearance in The neigh
borhond In this country. the contagious
character tho disease suniv ersaly believed;
andthc violent measures which have been, IN
many instances, disgracc(uI. 1t is mol ma
nv years since poor wagg"ner on the high
way. in Georgia, was known to have the
small pnx. Some courageous fellow threw
,nwn fence through which he drove TO a
barn into which he entered. where he lay
neglected and dicd-without so far as have
heard the presence of human soul. Ills
burial was as savage as hIS treatment; a
torch was applied to the barn and ii was
harmed down. But little less savage has
beer the practice in other places. The
sufferer with small pox, has been with us,
TOO frequently doomed man. Those whose
humanity have in iuccd them TO visit him,
have been forbidden to their own houses.
Even The physician has been made an outlaw
aud avoided: as if his intercourse with the
sick constituted him an embodiment "i pes
thence. That a great part of this lear Is
nroundIess, ought to be known To the wnrId;
and that the common calls of humanity
should never be denied to the victim Of this
disease ought to be a fixed principle.
When The small pnx makes It's appearance
the individual in whom il has appeared, !!
lie IS a traveller. should hv no means he al
!rwcd 10 proceed. lis wants should nc
provided for at the nearest convenient point.
lie should be placed in some location where
he can be separated from others to distance
of thirty feet or moe: and no cruel attempts
to send such individuals into remote and
lonely places, should be made. 1t will sci.
dom bc necessary TO remove the individual
beyond the precincts Of any town or village
in which the disease may appear. lie should
hc arrd in the custody OF individuals who
have had the small pox. il such can hc found:
if n I, those who have been vaccinatcd may
perform this duty, with perfect safety 10
themselves. ard but little danger TO the COM
muniiv. Great care should be taken IN
bringing any thing from the habtalIon of
the sick. The matter of the infection may
produce the disease, either by being applied
to The surface OF an 'ho''l'ua'' vi PI'o"
too near ,"r Dreaming us n"'', WIZ" s',c'!'
hc af''clcS '''a' n'uSt ''ec'' w. =,
way. require 40 'h''"cf G":"'S'''s '','' '''
ord nary use of soap and water; and moth
ing is infected except by the actual appca-
ton oflhc matter of small Pox. The hang
'ng "' cI"'l'ns IN 'he same ''''n WIZ" WV
sick does not convert 'l"' c''''''.,.S n NV" " 1t
means "l transmitting INC "'Sc"Se' i"' c"
necessary 10 a'ola inc tra'S''',s',''' VI wv
disease. viii hardly DE observed ny ',urScs
"r attendants: lhcse Sh"nld remain at ''''',e
near The patent. NOT IS hc'csSa.! "
destroy me ci'lh'ns "i pa'e"tS "' "'tc"'
hant:. "A" are rehncrcu 1'c'" oy '"' ''u''
nary operation "I soap ana "a'c'' ;.
Inc phvS'ciah whose au'! Calls "''l' "
attend |" pa';eh'S "''rr ',''S' ''eu'''s'1''. al:
ceS. s:'rnId DC cxceed'he'y car''u' III '''s
mode "i processing. Naiy nave III 'He VT,
performances "' l'llS dltv, lhlecled li'c'r CHI
'lrcn; and all should DC Int"rn"n "i ''e saeS'
means "i entering lnto AMI safely Icavlne
The abodes OF The Sick with small p"S. Inc
suggestion most commonly relied on Is al
exchange "l cf"ill'hg on entering ana put
ting them oil on leaving. ouch c'"'h'''s Is
generally made loose ana moving ana more
apt, tIian ordinary raImcnt to come III CON
tact with the matter "l small p"x a"'
ments increase rather than diminish the
| dnnuer The phyS!ciln ShOud carefully