Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1862-12-11

FGCcn is the Latin word Tor colO I; VGcctnia is The
Latin word and scienentie for col0 p0r Vaccin-
otioa TIE name for the process by which the vaccine
dsease (Vaccnis Cow-pox, Kinepox. is produced ia
human being. More than sixty years ago it was dis.
covered that persons who bad caught the co,cpor from
led with this disease could not take the small
pox che Southern Confedsrocy, in an interesting az
tcie on the sur jet says:
Sky years ago MAY IA, 1860 matter was taken
from the hand of Sarah Nelmas, dairy maid who had
been affected by her masters cows and inserted into
the arms OF james Phpps healthy boy about eight
years cid. On the lst of July small pox matter fresh
rom ppstue, carefully inserted in several places in
hi7 arms, hut disease followed.
Ii smallpox matter be inserted under the skin Of a
healthy Individual be will have small pox if the sail
va OF mad dog be inserted hJdrophobia will follow
as if lymph from a COW pox vescle be inserted coz.
pox may be looked for as The natural cons quenc9-
But If putrid matter from ucerous be used, it
will be as likely to produce hydopbobia measles
whooping- cough, as cow-pox. Ia fact it will produce
nothing but lucrative and eryspeatous inf animation
which may even go so far to endanger the life OF the
patient,
Let IT, then, be clearly understood that vaccinna,icn
is the production OF cow-pox by the insertion OF
pox matter from cow-pox Vesice. This matter should
be taken from the vesice the eighth day after its in
serQn in order to propagate most surely tie vaccn IN
lection
PROGRESS OF THE VACCINE INFECTION.
For or two days after the Insertion of the vac
CINE IyDpG Is 10 De seen al lie
point of Introduction. On the third day there is It.
tie rtd1es9 the forth fifth day the vescle begins
to appear. This vescie resembles very small blister
filed with clear water. 1t continues TO enlarge from
day today, until the eighth day, one week after the
first insertion, when it from quarter to fa
inch The vesie is lower at the center than
at the circumference. Tie CIGAR lymph is not contained
ia single chamber, but ia ten or twelve, or even
fourteen separate cells, that may be opened by
puncure without letting out the entire contents Ct the
yesicia
Uoi the ninth day the redress around the vesicle
extends to only small distance from it, After this it
spreads much farther, and the GreolG is formed This
areOla is circular rtad border, which continues 10 IN
crease until the eleventh twelfth day. when its color
begins to fade By this time brown or mahogany
coOred crust has formed the vesile This becomes
harder and fails off on the twentieth day. The scar is
less than half an inch in diameter circular depressed
with a well marked edge, and dotted with little pits
from FIVE to twelve n number corresponding to the cells
of the vesicle.
There is usually some fever on the ninth TENTH and
eleventh days. Painful swellings in the armpit begin
frequently on the seventh day.
Ii the vaccination be successful and the patient be
mated in the other arm four or FIVE DAYS after the
first insertion of The virus the second set of vesice
though beginning so much later, will catch up with the
Others that from the ninth day after the first vacc
nation, they will closely resemble the first SET always
being, however, much smaller.
HOW TO vAcc1NArE
One week after the ms triton OF the vaccine lymph the
resulting vesice furnishes lymph CT the best quality fer
transfer to other arms. Physicians frequently defer
vaccination until the tenth or twelfth day IN many
Instances at this advanced stage, the peruent
lymph will produce the proper infection, but it is far
more reliable on the eighth day just one week after the
first insertion.
The vesicle should be carefully puncured with
lance, needle knife any other suitable instrument
and tie clear transparent lymph which comes forth
should be neatly inserted under the cutice of the left
arm of the person to be vacciDaed 1t should be IN
troduced in three foer places an inch apart This
Introduction NAV be effected by picking the skin with
needle or making superficial pnnctufe with lancet.
If there be much bleeding it is to be feared that the
lymph will not be introduced. With care it is easy
yacenate 20 or 80 persons from yescle the small
ect ouantitv being sufficient.