Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1860-03-02
THE SMALLPOX.

This losthsome, but, thanks to modern
discovery, no longer aFlarmiag disease,
still fingers in the city, and among the
people Of the neigbhoring cities and
towns. Il Is most assurediy astonishing
to the las, degree, that there can yet bt.
found amongst Us persons, full-grown.
otherwise intelligent and sufficiently prov
ident, who are 50 unwisc, ioolhardy, or
so full Of sheer prejudice, as 10 refuse OF
neglect 10 avail themselves Of the only /
perfect preventive known to man Of this
terrible malady, namely pacciHafjoR.-I /
But it is nevertheless only too true, hat
there are s1cb persons Cn very limited
number, let Us hope) yet among as, fur /
nishing material in thei. own bodies to
sustain and perpetuate this dreadful
seourge.
The origin of the smallpox dates
very far back Il may be, so far as Isl
known, coeval with man himself Hun
dreds of wears ago it ragged in China.
and that wondrfuI people, for the purpose
OF modifying il, power upon the sysiemi.
resorted 70 practice which seems strange
enough to Us at this day. 1t seems they
took the dried scabs from of the bodies
OF the diseased, aud after grinding them
into fine powder, mixed this material
with some more agreeable, probably arc
matte substance, aud administered thi>
compound in the form oi snuff through
the nose.
The first innoculation for the small
pox by incision in the arm, Was practi-
ced by the Circassiaus centuries ago
The Cireassians were poor, and AS low
in their moral perceptions a. their world
.ly goods. It is we'll known that, time
out Of mind, these miserable people have
sold their marriageable daughters for tie
harems at Consiantlnople, Smyrna, Cairo
aud other cities throughout Persia and
/, Turkey. Thu smallpox was hin.
dranee to this nefarious traffic. Many
Of the poor girls perished by the disease
and, Of those who recovered from IL
direlul attacks, large proportion be
came 30 frighliully disiigured as to b
objects OF disgust, aud therefore unsafe
able. The Cncassiaus resorled, In al
instances, to innoculation Of their female
infants at the age ol six or twelve
months. II it so happened that 10 ans
year, the disease bad disappeared, 50 tha
= no rirus could he procured, With whici
10 iuuoculale their infants, that was con
sidered an unlucky year.
The fret European, 20 far as it
known, ever inaoeulated for the small
pox, was an infant Of Lady Word
Montague, bora at ConstautinopIe, !
.I72I, whiie she was residing in that city
With her husband, the ambassador 10 lh
principal city IN the Turkish Empire
Montague, against the remonstranees
her household, having learned the pra'
tice Of the Circassians in this regard, iia
her child innoculated iOr the small-pol
Upon her return, s0me years aiieF~ard
10 England, she bad an interview Vii
!. ihe then queen Vt her nailGc copnlr
8 tod hes with nhal perfect success q
child lad encountered lbis dfraded d
!. ease. IN its modified form, and porsaad'
4. hsr majsrty 10 use ber Influence % j
"A trodaee ll.s practice among her 60
:, jects.
The queen entered readily into Ia.
No. Monlagar's views, AID proposed 20 70
Il eonylets, then under sentence Of deal
j. 70 procure their fall pardon, on eonditb
4. og their submitting 70 iHnueuiai4oH
"a the smallpox. The experiment =
=, tried Aah eut.re saesoss upon lbe
b. euipfifz AID lhepes adopted very .
he lhrougL0ut the kiagdsm n Great b.
III tain. Tie Fusch nation heid out aaAa'
ds tlis pragsiec for many years, suffer-
ro- Immensely if0m the eoiiiaaai raFsges
ia. lhs dlsssse. Macy of their noat staia'
he faea ard women bad dssd u Il. laeli
oL ing their hing, Loaia 1V. II II
lie aloae. 10 ens year. afteg thi erpsrifni
81. u Lady Aari.sge. mafe than fee
lbs a.ossasd disa a smallpox. 10 81
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