The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1865-03-31

4 was more than tc1sfy great the fifty
wears following tho introduction of vaccination; and
according to the yell kept nort,ii:y statistics of
| Sweden, the annual small pox ces.A-rate in tina.
country during tbs period of ls4l5a averaged less
than the .seeEv from smaiipc and measles
I during t,e period or T755-'75-
Aleadrng difficulty in the way OF complete vaccina
ton arises from the very prevalent ;dsa among the
people that the protection any one has against small
pox Immediately after vaccination, continues the same
through life This Is error; Tor il Is found tina.
portfs of those vaccinatei while young can be- re-
yaceinaed successfully again after few years and as
time advances, more and more Of them become sus-
lcep.able Of re-raccinatien
several governments in Europe have re-vaccinat,a
their entire armies from time time indeed the ONLY
instances Of thorough revsccinaton tina, exists are
be found in the armies OF these Europeon govern
uents, and the result has been completely Danish
the smallpox from among the armies of such nations
as have adopted the practice.
Partial re-vaccination IS quite common and from
statistics Furnished By the military establishments
"urtemberg, England Prussia &c, embracing nearly
100000 cases, edUce the fact tha. of every 100
persons, OF adult age, who have good nlrks of
cnasoa, about io1. wholly proece,ed, while 59Il
would BE- liable to variolOid or smallpox
Another erroneou. idea entertained by many IS that
persons who have once had the smallpox are not
own practice met with s. Of second attack Of
modified smallpox, ani Prof. Helm, met With 81
cases And beside this the statistics above referred
show that Of every 100 persons who have had small
pox the number protected from second attack a
adult age is So, while 81 liable again in some
| form.
II is thus seen that those who have good marks of
vaccination about safe from smallpox as those
who have had small pox itself but It must not be for
gotten that both classes be absolutely protected
By revaccinaon repeated intervals varying accord
isg 10 the age Of the person.
Our present. knowledge not sufficient to authorize
the establishing of absolute. rule in relation TO the
time a. which vaccination shou. be had to
indeed we know that general rule will the re-
quiremsnts of every for single vaccination will
protect some persons for life, while in others will
last but for few nay more person may have
an amount Of protection from vaccination that would
hold him harmless in the presence OF mild case OF
SNAIL pox and yet be insufficient guari him against
the concentrated contagioa OF malignant epidemic
of the disease. Under ordinary circumstances i.
voull probably be sufficient for clitireu 10 be vac
cinaed first Tina with the fist half year OF their ex
istence, second tina when between eight and ten
years old, third time between twenty and twenty
five, and fonrth time when about forty. When ex-
posed, however TO the infection or pestilental epi
denic of smallpox, children should be vaecinatcd
within few days Of their birth, and rc.vaccination
performed every five years UP to the age of twenty
five after that the interval my b, longer though ii
should not be neglected in old age
tmly be lal down "a general proposition that
whenever aperson can be made to take vaccinia. he
might take smallpox if exposed to the contagion
and the converse that when person cannot be made
to take vaccnia he will not contract the smallpox
even If inocula tel with its virus
Perfect F,r}.
lection from smap but the only reliable test for
perfect vaccination is when fresh vaccine lymph is
properly inserted and fails to produce any effect
Among the earliest objections TO vaccination, urged
even during the time of Jenner, the alleged dan
Of communicating other dsease with the vaccnia
And from that day this, cases of cuaneous disease
syphilis scrofula &C. have been occasionally attributed
to this cause. But the recorded observtons of Heinz
RECORD, Bons llet, Taupin L,ndoury, Freiinger and
many others who have investigated the subject have
established the general law that there d1ayer Of
communicating other disease, ,ci ucc.ia and this NAV
be regarded accepted truth by the most distin
guished men of the medical profession. This must
not be construed to warrant the taking of fluid from
sore on one person and inserting it into the skin of
another person, without competent judge has pro-
nounced the sore to be genuine and uncompIicated
vaccine Pustule. To produce perfect vaccnil
use the virus produced by perfect vaccina
by the presence of any other dscernable disease.
Thus accomplished there is not only no danger of
communicating other diseases by the process but there
is abundant testimony demonstrate that largely
instrumental in preventing the Development of scrofu-
la and other disorders that is charged with trans
planting, and which very fatal when smallpox is
permitted to have unimpeiei sway. Drs. Greenhow /
and Farr furnish statistics that establish the fact tn at
the general deathrlte from all diseases twenty-five
per cent less since the Introduction OF vaccination than
it before.
If this improvement has followed the partial and i'm
perfect vaccination heretofore practiced in civilized
countries, what blessings may we not expect TO be IN
auguratei by that perfect and thorough vaccination
which shall cause the smallpox to disappear from
among mankind.
And how long viii be before the people Of the several
States Of the Union adopt such measures as viii re-
quire every inhabitantof this broad land to be pro
tected against any possibility Of suffering from tina,
fatal and loashsou,e disease?
Most men, if they had the privilege of going 70 an
insurance office and lengthenng ont the number Of
their terrestrial days twenty five per BY the quin
quenial payment of even large of money. would
bless and embrace the opportunity how much mGre
then should they be and active enforce the
inexpensive safe and facile measure of vaccination
which will produce the same result. /
The statistics of the las; ten years we have in
the United States teach that there occurred in
periol about 100000 of unmoii6ei Smallpox
and Of these about $4,000 proved fatal These figures
viii, undoubtedly, be largely increased in the current
decennial period BY the condition If in which the
country is now involved. How enlightened and
Christian nation have quiet conscience in the pres
of all this pestlence if it make no adequate
of the means a gracious Providence has placed in
its hands 10 arrest the destroyer? how Shall pho-
sophie and phanthropc people themselves for
the non-ful6msnt of plain duty of humanity if thev
stand idle in the midst of this suffering and death
when little activity, without sacrifice OF comfort or
Substance, would prevent it all
81 large meeting hold a; Con1ersvile. on .
the 10Th inst by persons vir the line of the pro-
posed Whitewater Valley Railroad, which resolu-
ton adopted calling the Governor 10 convene
session of the Legislature in order 10 have