The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1865-03-03
Small Pox.-An Interesting Chapter
for People about to Catch 1t.
From the New York Evening 2 0,

Every body in and abou, New York is
aware that the small pcx has been preya
lent for some weeks. The latest reports
show that il is on the decrease bat as il
has by no means disappeared, prudent ci~
tlzens Will take every precaution which
their self interest AS we'll as their obiira
lions TO society should dictate
Though the disease itself is unfnrtunate-
~ too familiar, by name al least, there is
yet a general ignorance about its origin
and nature lis medical name is rariola
derived from tie Latin pdrus, bIotch or
pimr!e, while the popular afiix "pox" is
the Saxon fox bag or pouch-so the small
pnx literally means small bag.
The disease is believed to have frs, aD>
pealed in Arabia, in A. d $50, about the
time Of the birth of Mahommed and an
Abysslnian army, which afterwards besieg-
ed Mecca, was obliged TO raise The siege
IN consequence of It's ravages Arabian
physicians o. the tenth century wrote
about The disease, and various writers dis
cnssed it duriDg',he following centuries,
though Boerhaave was the first who in
propagation.
After victim once catches the small
pox, q PERIOD usually of about fourteen
days, eIapsea before it maniests itself by
the iuitiatory fever, and in the meantime
tie individual is in his ordinary health
Pains IN the back, nausea and vomiting
are symptoms and on the third day OF
the fever the eruption begins 10 show it
self, and IN two days is complete, no new
Spots appesring but those witch have
already appeared suffer various changes
III matter and hue. On the eighth day Of
the eruption dark spot makes its appear
ance III the center OF the pustule, which
gradually dries up and is converted irto
scab; and these scabs falling eft, leave on
The face and body those pitted depressions
which often remain. for life time.
The smallpox is Justly termed "a oath
some disease" Besides It's unpleasant
features just alluded to, it is accompanied
by an offensive oder, Notifying to the pa
tent and excessively disagreeable TO those
who may attend HIM. The small pox is,
however, not 8 lingering disease, It's second
weak usually proving fatal, while it sell
dom lasts over three weeks The average
mortality Of smallpox, however, is not so
great as generally supposed being about
thirty per cent. of all who are attacked.
In ancient times the small pox was in
deed pestilenco to be feared but now,
thanks to modern science, its ravages are
greatly reduced and did people use pru-
dence 1t would be practically extinct
lhanks to the discovery of vaccination,
40 man, women OR child need have the
small pox. DR.. Edward Jenuer-to W HON
the people of England erected statue
now standing in Trafalgar Square, Lon
Gon-firs, pTacticed this in 1896. Vac
clnatlon Is giving person a ,ritlns tenn
poraIy disease, TO save him from dan
gerous one-giving him The COW pox TO
save him from the small pox. The virus
taken from COW Is placed in contact with
the denuded dermls or true skin Of the
patient, and this is reached by scratching
the arm with a lancet. An uneasy ,en-
sauon, a dull sickness is felt for day or
two, and that is all and for six or seven
years the patien. is insured against small
PoX.
Now, every reader of this should at once
b. vaccnated, and should remember that
every person in this couDiry who had the
small pox, had i, because he was ignorant
Of vaccination or despiseG it, or only be-
cause be put off vaccination DAY oy da7.
" till more convenient season" And
this very reflection has made the sufferings
of the disease the more unbearable, and
the death which probably ended them, the
more unweIcoms Arrangements have
been made in this city for the poor 10 be
freely vaceinated and other citizens of
both sexes who can afford il should see
their physicians Immediately on this al>
important matter