The Arkansas banner., 1850-03-05
ox ruE sURyrCr op SMALL FOX.

A l would give through your paper, some authorities in apport of the opinion advanced by mo: that tlse cow vaccinased with geaRiBe small pox virus, tho produe, of which would be the genuine vaccine Vi- l rus of Jsnaer the dscoverer and father cf vaceina- tioa which, when used aud the constitution fairly bruugh, under its iufiueaes, would be a prsvent@- tive against vafioia orsmSh pex. The public ind ia all that concerns health derives its impress, In great measure from that of the medical pFofesson. The ignorance of the publie in relation to the laws ef the vital actions, Is not matter ot astonishment or subject of eensure; and ths alarm 50 aatarally created by the occurrence of vsrioloid erap- tien. can only be allsy<d by the soothing aud con tideat voice of the physician but that the latter should take the alarm and concur ia giving wings to Fumor is circumstance most deeply te 0e re- gretied. This only arise from imperfect or errouesns views of ihe power ef certain causes 10 modify and that permanently, the physical eoDsti- tniion of pan. Bu| as it is sot my intention at present to pTeloBg this article to a1unusuai length
 speak of the identity of small Pox aad COW pox or to the history Of vaccination, which pre- sume Is familiar to every ope, l VII How refer 10 the authorities which has, and ever will be sn or- ban,ent to Ihe scirnce Of medicine. In he brst place. win refer to Eh-ris's Practice, by MeCel- sa. vol l. D. 44I IL asserted. on the authority of Dr. Oz4man. that tle Hatter of small pox ii niixrd with fresh cows miik, produces. when lh- serted by inoc uatioiI, eruption similar tn al. re- speets 10 that of the vaccine virus, and that inoca
 ation with ihis matter wiil answer fully for The production of the usual yaceiEe disease in the American MsdicsI Journal fer 1850, vol. 6, p 4s5, Dr. Robert phy sici-n the Lszareto al Marseolls says lhat cow's milk communicates 10 the vareo- ioas virus the properties of vaccine virus In support of this he made thirteen experiments, and communicated to the Institute of France This 1 corroborates the opinion of Dr. 0zaman. McCIel-
 Ian. ia his note 10 Eberie's Practice, vol l, AZ, says, in several recest experiments made by wrap 1 ping clothing taken from small pox patient,
 around yoaag heifer the animal has been affected
 with tine constitutional disease. and the matter ia
 ken from the pustuies on it's udoer has afterwards esaIn anicAted the vaccine 10 the human subject. 1 In Mack iutOsh Practice, by Morton, fourth
 Anerieaa from the last London edition, p. ls2' We
 reai that the human small pox can be communion i ted to the cow and the matter thus obtained pro- duces a man the most perfect form oi vseeination
 Ia other words. inc direct inoeulaiioa of the COW wigh human small pox. has produced \ mild and
 mitgated disease; and that such disease reproduced ! by iBocuation on tnaa, aecords entirely, ia it's
 character. with the vario@ ysccina of Jenaer thus
 irrssistibiy proving his landamenlai Propesiiioa, ! that pOx and small p0X are net bona tde dis
 similar, ut icentica; and that The vaccine disease
 is uot the preventative of smai pox, but the small
 Pox itself-Ibe virGent and contagious disease be- i tug malignant variety. Dr. Stephen Brown is ot
 the opinion that inc pox is the viriola small
 pox of the human system, such, also, were the ma tured views of Er JenneT himself You will hnd
 the doctrine iSd down EiiioIteson sPractice,
 by StewaTdsou, first American from the second | Lonaon edition, pages 4js-S9 and 4J, proven 1 by the experiments Ol Mr. Csely, who produced 1 i've yeeices the cows; from which source ssv- ! ersi hundred patients have been Saccinaied, and
 have exhibited ali the phenonIiua Of vaccination, ia ] the most perfect form and complete degree. There was attendant eruption, nor any thing that could lead him tc suspect that he had not in Ihis manner propagated the genuine yariole vaccina. i He klurAy transmitted plrlious Of tAlS lymph 10 ,Ihe President of the Section, who immediately com
 mitt%J il to the Of MT. Coles and several other
 centiemea, in whose hands il produced regular vi- eicies, which in every respect cerTesPoHced with
 those beautifully Gs!ineaed by Dr Jenner in his first publication. On The first of February, lc39,
 he inoculaied with small pox matter of lhe sevrth | or eighth day three young heers with ihe same
 result. Dr. Warehouse, in lo0l, impregaated
 of his cows, anu obtained f. om her crop of matter | the Hiuth cay with the same result Ana MT.
 Fox, of CeDne Ab0as, who has paiJ great attention
 10 the subject has also successfully Sacciaatst uie COW. The same experiments have been performed with the same results at PAssy, in lne neigheor-
 Aasa ohh kkHhfisic isica a iIsvsw. v October, s40. 39y
 also braithe~ait-'s Reiros2 ct of Prsc cai Medi- clue and surgery, lsIl pages 259 10 262. In Dun
 gisons Practice second eoii!on, ?. 5j9, says that recent experiments prove tnat tae COW may be cnatei with inc matter of small pex. aoa pas slug through the body of the animal, the RIatter
 
 In the Meaical Recorder, for 1924, D I'll, we hud that Dr. Carpenter of Philadelphia, proved, by experiments, that the vaccine pustaies be poo oucec by the inocua,ion of the with the small pox. The fact of Dr. Carpenters experi- ments may be found in Gregory's Practice by Pot- Fer and Calhoun, vol. l, p. 225. In Stokes s aud Bells Practice, i'd edition, vol. 2 p. s36, we fud that, by iaocoiaIing the with varnlsloas mat- ter, and procuring from the pustues matter winch, inirodneed into Inc skin of Ihe unprotected human subject. gave rise 10 distinct yaccinia and allowed of successive transfers 10 other subJscts with the preservation oT ali Ihe regular features and other paen0miaa of the COW pox. MT. Farr, iii h $ letter 10 tbe Registrar General of England, ia the sHuua1 report for l-49, aIopts Iec-sges: truth, these results, that Narioiae, or the specific matter of stnsli pox, is converted iuto vaccine. Dr. Me
 Al'chaei, in an essay read before the coegs of Phy
 sieians, that vaccine matter having failed iu Egypt, medical gentlemen were ted, from exper- i ments. 10 inocuiale ths COW with small pox from the human body, from which. tiae vaccine virus
 was produced. In W ood's Practice, vol. 1, D. SIG, after speaking of the experiments aud success of Mir Ceeiy, ol England, iE inoc uating COW with small peX, he says: a inc sane experiment. was repeated with the same result by pr John C. Mat ! tin, of AitIeherough, Msssachusel iu the year 1855" (Ihls may also be found in the Medical Examiner, vol. 1, p. Ts2; and by Dr Basic Thee, | of kassa, ia Russil, ia 1856 aud IS3s, Dr Wood says there would to be litte doubt remaining upon the subject, if confidence be placed in
 medical testimony In AeilI and smitn Compsn-
 dium of Medicine, p i2, iud. that if the COW be
 inOcaiated with srnall Pox matter, the disease, which
 the animal exhibits in Consequence, is the same which is familiarity known the COW pox. aud whlch if communicated 10 the human subject,
 gives the same amount of protection against sub.
 sequent attack ol small pcx, as attack of that disease would
 ! In Watson's Practice, by Condie. p 9S9, may he
 found the report made to tho Academy of Sciences
 of France, on The 7 IIh of Feb, ls45, Ly the Com
 mitjee of V Vaccination. This committee says that
 vaccine matter taken directly from the cow causes
 local systems of greater intensity; its effects are
 also more certain than those of old vscesine atter
 but after being transferred for few eeAs through
 the human subject, the iocal intensity disappears They say also, that the ony mode of Icgegerating vaccine matter deserving Of confidence Is 10 pro cure 1t from the COW; and also that it is prudent 10 regeberate matter as frequently as possible 10 preserve its protective power. You will perceive that this committee thinks that the genuine vaccine is 10