The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-02-08
Vaccine Na;,tlCr.

'S"' N"'e' VI SiiIall poA III
Charleston, and some scattered ones
IN the country, nearly every plhhtcr Or
head of family, throughout the Slate,
arc busy in their inquiries for, and use
OF vaccine matter, as preventative of
this loathcd and dreaded disease; yet
how few know to whom they areinGebt-
ed for the discovcrysofthc greatest boom
ever given to suffering humanity, and
certainly the most signal triumph Of
intellectual labor and the power of
mind.
Previous to the discovery of the
present system of vaccination, innocu-
lation with the virus of the smallpox
was practiscd In Turkey, and from
thence introduced into England. The
disease thus produced arliGcialIy, was
found to be of mildcr form, than
casual disorder and less fatal, but not
TO such an extent us to lead to the
general practice Of imocuIation in this
form, few persons being found willing
Voluntarily to encounter the disease,
even in this mitigatcd type, and thus
matters stood, until the year 1898.
when EDWARD JENNER, a physician
OF Il country town in England, and to
whom the world is indebted for the
discovery of the efficacy of vaccine
matter made known the results of his
experiments and successful introduc.
ton OF cow-poX into the human sys.
tenn, and It's power in rendering the
smallpox innocuous. The disease to
which COWS are subject and known rs
tho cow-poN appears first upon the
uddcr Of the animal from which the
Infection it frequently taken by milk
crs, who during the ravagcs of the
smallpox were found to DO entirely
free from its attacks and to the casual
remark Of dairy women, that she was
not afraid of this disease, us she had
taken the cow-pox. was DR.. JExxER in
dcbted for having his attention drawn
III that direction.
EDWARD JENHEE was more ,h,n
twenty-five years in bringing his
experiments to a satisfactory conclu-
sion and the present system fusimr
the vaccine matter was unhcard of until
he himself applied , SO late rs 1896
upo! The arm ola boy the matter taken
from postule on the hand Of Il vounr
woman who had received the infection
from COW. The disease thus pro.
dnccd was one Of the milJcst form, and
upon irnoculating the same boy six
weeks after with the virus of the small
paSssit was found to5lHys no e &c fssut.----
This was the first Of his triumphs and
led to what is now All almost unuiycr
sal practice. The feelings of DR. JEN-
NEn while pursuing his experiments,
are thus related by himself and do as
much honor to his heart: aid rs Justly
cntilc him 10 the love and respect of
Of mankind. as the boon itself, which
his skill and obor made known to the
world. He says: Whilst the vac
cine discovery WAS progressing. the
JOY felt ut the discovery before me.
OF being the Instrument destined to
take away from the world oue ofi,s
greatest calamitics, blended with the
fond hope of enjoying Independence,
and domestic peace and happiness, was
often SO excessive, that in pursuing my
tavoritc subject among the meadows,
have sometimes found myself in a
revcric. 1t is splcasant to me to rccol-
lcct that these reflections always ended
in devout Acknowledgements to that
Being from whom this, and all other
mercics flow"