The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1849-07-13
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a. hfsi. II the system has no, been d6ly in
iiuc1ced by the frs, vcsicle, the second will
&c fun as own course increasing up TO its
ie eighth day and SO on. Should this be the
~ case, The second seslcle should be tested By
d ,hiA.
Frotsctirs Porer. Is vaccination sure
Q protection against he sDal pox 1t is not.
u But il is Me- very best that is knosn, and
Ils pIoiesllAe power is grea, lud,e ed. OF
g hose who have been properly vaccina,ed
very many viii not be a, all liable to the
c small pos, and II the others should take il,
g lis course is so moderated ,ha, i, becomes
9 comparatively harmless, SO much so as to
assume new name, modified small por or
rdrioloia i1deed, he small pox itself may
and does occasionally ielutn a second time !;
and here some sia'ietiesS how that suppos.
ing one person TO have aNecond attack of
smell pox and euolher TO nave small pox
ailer vaccination merely, tic latter has Is
chances Of recovery While tie former has
bu, /. tfhe word chance used only TO
express he proportion Of recoveues.)
Best mode Of rdcciaa,iag. Whenever il
can be effected, the y mph should be taken
IL fluid state and Transferred from arm 10
arm. The younger The lymph s, The great.
er is lis :Diensly. The lymph Of a fifth.
day yeecle never fails. Isis, how ever, ex.
tremely powerful up to the eighth day,
when also 1t is mos, abundant. Alter the
formation of The areola Ohe red circle) tho
/ lymph Is diluted, and aler the tenth day il
. ls not 10 be depended on in more than one
case 10 twelve. Lymph from an infant is
always more 10 be depended on than that
from an adult. For inserting the lymph
some recommend three or four punctures
or missions TO be made at such distances
That the yosices may become coLfuent as
! they advance 10 matUration.
Re raccandtion. IL it necessary 10 be
yaccnaled second time :! This question,
Ike many others, is one on which medical
men differ. Some, believe strongly adj.
wise agalEs, IeyaccinatIon, set the prepon.
derance OF authority seems 10 be in favor
Of it. The liability TO small pox is in some
people renewed, or in other words, the pro.
lection claimed from a FIRST attack is some.
times los'-~hy then may not the protec.
live power OF vaccination also be occasion.
ally lost aud second vaccination becoIne
necessary Thus speak reason and analo.
gy. Yet, from the information can gath.
err, there is no positive proof that revaccin-
alton renews or adds to our security against
email pos. The authorities Of Paris have
reported unfavoratly 10 a second vaccine.
Ilon, and there are facts upon which the
slatemen. may be made with confidence
that II need not be repeated before the 10Th
year Of lie, and that the age hes, fitted for
|! IS from the period Of puberty to that of
confirmed maahood. The matter then ap-
pears 10 stand thus if the child was vac.
clnna!ed before the age Of ten, lie, the vac.
cnailon be repeated before or by the liue
that the person is fully grown; ye, more
II al any time persons should desire it-as
there is no evidence that il can do them any
harm, and may possibly do them good
let them Try il again.
Identity Of cor por and small por. As
10 The relation between COW pox and small
pox different views have been entertained.
Recent experiments seem to show that the
COW may be inoculeted with the matter of
small pos, and tina. in passing through the
body of the animal the matter is converted
from smell pox into vaccine. Jenner's idea
was that the Two affections are of Identical
nature; view however which 10 opposed
by some.
New lymph. Is i. better to use the old
lymph Transmitted from one generation to
another, or GO TO the COW for lha, which 10
fresh Here too authorities seem 10 differ.
Watson says that as Senior Censor Of the
College OF Physicians at the Vaccine Board,
he had opportunities of satisfy ing himself
that The ~ Dph which had been transmitted
from person 10 person ever since the time
of Jenner. continued to generals as perfect
a COW pox vesicle as at first Il is said too
that there are no less then FIVE kinds of spu.
rlous COW pox, all communicable from the
teats Of the animal-hence the danger of
getting spurious sort--if The attempt be-
made 10 get thai which is flesh. On the
other baud, the small pox Hospital Of Lon.
don, and other institutions have changed
their stock of lymph with nantes, adyan-
!age.
The above account of vaccination is de.
rived from medical authorities Of the FIRST
standng-much of it in their own words,
{ Watson, Dunglison, and Tweedie's Libra.
ry, Art. Small pox, BY Or. Gregory,) and
in CONCLUSION, 1t may be proper to say that
the people, not in towns and the adjacent
country only, but everywhere, ought to be-
vaccinaed. There is reason TO believe that
there exists at this time condition of the
atmosphere favorable TO the spread Of small
pox, and i, may traverse our state or lin.
ger among US for years, if this-,he most
efficient means Of preventing its spread be-
not generally adopted. Indeed, whether
there be such atmosphere constitution or
not, prudence tells US to act on the safe side,
and though individually man may little
regard this disease. ye. none of US wish to
be the source from which i, is communica.
ted 10 others. In The year 1920, a single
man covered with small pox pustules was
landed on the Mexican coast. From him