The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1851-04-19
lFrom tho Scientific Americana
Rc-FaCCinatiOn and Small POX,

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Messrs. Editors Medical men are very
! often asked if one vaccination is sufficient to
protect the system through life from Small
PoX-or how often it is necessary to have
the operation performed. The late Dr. Fish
or, Of Boston, for Il long time gave attention
to this subject, and in January last publish
ed, with others, the following propositions,
wliicl, are supported by numerous statistical
facts, and arc fully relied upon by the pro-
fession:
"I'l,at one single and perfect vaccination
does not, for all the time in I'LL cases, deprive
the system Of its susceptibility Of varioous
disease.
That one or more re-vaccination do and
that, consequently, physician should re-
commend re-vaccination, when questioned us
to its necessity.
The system is protected from variolous
conagion when it is no longer susceptible
of vaccine influence, us tested by re-vaccina-
ton"
That vaccination will not fully prevent
people taking the small pox, is fact beyond
all dispute, for was vaccinatcd, and the pox,
am told, was good-excellent in every re-
spect; yet, when twenty years of age, was
smitten with small pox, and covered from
head to foot with the " boils Of that loatll-
some disease" My case was pecular-I
had no knowledge of coming in contact with
any person who was infected, and was not in
any house where the disease had been. l
we'll remember the evening when felt the
first symptoms; it WAS in 1884, on Christ
mas Eve, and lost fine social feast by it.
In no case, however, does the small pox, af-
feet those who are vaccinated as severely as
those who are not; have not mark on
my face, nor was my sickness ever consider
cd dangerous to myself, and was up and
at my business i'll four weeks from the time
I took it. Some would lead us to believe
that, after certain time after vaccination,
the whole of its effects disappear from the
human system, and the individual who had
undergone the process, is MS liable to the
dangers of small pox, rs those who have
not been vaccinated. This is not true. Of
five persons who were smtten with small
poS, by contact with inc in some way, one
died who had not been vaccinnted, and the
other four Zone as old rs mysclf) were but
Esitghtly affected in comparison to what was,
bs yas Esessliy!esgered. The nature of
q Il Esaef spes,ors-
ne Is altogether 4 pstt u, experience A6d
i was ty prsc:::l! sc::;,:! csssssasiosS, not f4lson-
Eing, that Jenaer diseStveeiied tlhS sSsses SEthe
Ane Pos. This sc,slsY Has Bssn 4 wodder.
full blessing to our race: hsves l.sasd my
grandfather say that, in his young DAYS, You
could scarcely see European who was not
terribly distigured with the small pox. 1t
was the terror of the beautiful and gay
The wonder now is, to see people distglred
with this disease.
l have heard an opinion expressed that
vaccination was of little benefit to child
before it WAS weaned. do not believe this;
the four persons of whom have spoken,
were all vaccinated before they were three
months old. Many recommend re vaccine
ton as the only sure means to prevent vari-
loid, or the mild type Of small pox. be-
lieve that it should be practiced but, while
believe this, 1 also think that if every person
born was vaccinated in early life, the small
poX would soon be unknown. r.
New York, 1850.