Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-18


S. IL. FORD.
1IrsFHrs. -sb I4. 1876.
t--aE-Hlea- Your letter OF Febru7ry rwelfih
asEIEz 11r some information in regard 90 small
poz- vaccination. etc, etc. has been received
and is nov before me, and shall be much graft
1Hsd II can give you OF the public any iufor-
rus-.lu thai would 1y likely to stay the march
uftLls much dreaded mllady. have no new
theories 20 advance or Crgue-uo new views 20
prou-ulzate or defend hence. 4 giveyod facts,
which have geuerally been sanctioned by the
expsriance and observation u The profession
from the days Of Jeau5r .sevenrasn hundred
and rIuaJy-sl1I 70 The present dsy-
DurazcsIIant sul efficient health officer tells
as in DIS report that smell p0x is prevailing -u
The city. ana intelligence from almost every
part 1rtEe country declares the flCt that II is
now epidezlic throughout a large district OF
country. i observe through the newspapers
tla- a gene-aI vaccination has been ordered,
and physicians have been appointed ia the va
rI1us districts 70 enforce vacC. nation upon the
INDECENT and 81 the authorities will enforce the
-IEEesr10H- ~ L1r. kl~luauEl. the disease VIII
not 5e Lkelv 20 spread. u is settled fact that
% disease identical with small pOX prevails
a-11DE The inferior animals, o. The COW and the
horse. and is t-aEsrlissille BY coutaEi1u- This
Cow small p0N matter when intro
1uosd into the human system, is 70
m0dined and changed BY the circum-
stances OF the human organism, that the
disease produced assumes the characteristics Of
Irue smallpox. Yet IL is of o. mild character,
" lllst % ls known that when smallpox matter
is taken from The human system, ana Is inserted
into the tissues o the COW, % Is so modlHad by
The vital laws OF functions OF the brute animal,
IS 70 p-0duee the true c0wpoE. or vaccine.
and only reliable vaccine matter This virus
may be indefinitely transmitted through the
human system. without IN the slightest impair
luE It's prophylactic virtues. Great care should
be taken iu the selection of vaccine virus snl
no surgeon 0r vsCclEat0E should consider his
patient protected ulless. first, he sees that the
plsruie OF pock, has run ITS regular and nat
ursl course, carrying with It all Of the varelna
-aaracterls-les which are pslpa5le, striking, and
universal when genuine, -ecsuliv ", lual no
On alter should be considered genuine
aud protective unless 10 comes from one who
hasHeger been vaccinaTed. and that taken nom
fl healthy child l. 20 be Drererred- All vaccine
virus taken from persons who have been pre-
Y.1usg Vaccinated, or VINO have had smallpox
1r rva1l8l0ld. OF WlOhaYe been iHocculared- should
rejected as imFeriect in rrcphylagug power
Had rheze precautions been taken. vaccination
people grown careless and pre- udlaed ip re-
gard 70 it. From neglect Of thsse precautions
rluch spurious matter has gone abroad over the
w.rld, and so inefficient has It's protecting
luausuoe become. that profession and people
sr- seriously weighing the imperfecuous OF
cur means o. deteuse sE-lpsI s1lallpoz slla 20
the Beglect Of these, ! fear is relersl.e, many D.
Els evil consequences Of which we latteriy So
09=1 EesF. Aot tasi vaccine virus IS Iu1pTeg-
mated with other lEsttsr, Iut because lt Ilsas t,
s---v.-y and efficacy. Naccius, or co ppZlss dis
eas- l.I 1-liertgaud % may pass through systems
r1utl--liuared with other diseas=s aud come out
Fs5-iua s-iu The terrible. aud 90 many il-
seallt- Isu1ectahLs EssuiIs observed. Gv Celta1-
s1sla a1a Federal surgeons, lu hGsa.tsl ss wen
aE Is private practice, were net oeeaslausl by
pure 15wp0N, or vaccine virus, buI froul some
Impure animal poison Supposed % be genuine
Ua--s-. aud where the genuine virus produced
500 Jsd Tesll1s 30 was not the aul- of ine
7-rls bat the fall: % ssms psouisfiy diseased
~ Clapgsd condition % the individuals so a.
fs1tsd. Wllcl probably 50 modified the laws OF
rs 5vg1 particular trsu sul isslou that they were
a51rtel. arrested, changed nom the kina ap4
gentle vaccine disease luco q terrible animal
poison, producing large and persistent ulcera-
flgns. als1essss. etc. from which the
patient was months feeavs4laE during which
le might. and did ufteu lose bis lie or bis
sula. As % tls protecting power of vaccination
H.s lare tho gl-ss--s- confidence YET D. is inl-
I.la.l8.e ta ssv I1T What izugtr ~ -'E-e q pra-
H.--s OF z-erls its influence. It ls said iy the
rest a11 most reilabie Observers, that 30 lasts
rom one year 10 1be end of the Longest lts-
lime An attack Of smallpox however, does
Hu. -eldarrhe individual free from another at
rae-. OF even the Third OF fs1Ell cunseq queutly,
ere constrained t0 thInlz thar periect vac
,ala.l11 ls almost or quite equal 70 The lmlnn-
-lualry luiua=l ~ an atla1K "a -iiaa.- poz-
as.eeaaIr ts -hE lest statistics We hEre ou This
Hll.egt. Ya.C-natlsl pygfects apogt ninety per
cent. whilst reel smallpox protects about
Hluety-lrg Per cent. buL we mu-l iaEs Ello
considerable. lu ta=-l statistics the fact than
.H tlls calculation De- estimated .l the Naeci-
mated tle -p4rlgus va1-llatl8us, which have
teen alluded o.. end most occuE in so many,
pToM.seu1us vaCciHalI1la. Involved iu TINS
description of smallpox ls that Of Lhe kluep0x,
The yarlolold disease and yarlosIa. or chicken
g0E. These diseases are aIIedged. 1y most pa
tIsl0sists, ~ us one and the same disease. Va
uolold is eF-de4--s modification VI srHsIlpoA,
"a modification arising from the p4Fttal- pro-
Isctlve influence pf "a previous var sluafl1n. Ir
IS also. believed that Che Euep8y- OF vaecIuaI
issmaIIDo1 m0iiaei hg the economy oI the
znimal from Eblch Dr. BE- derived whilst 30
ls also presty wei saiIiel now tnat the couta-
zion Of chickenpoZ VIII produce smallpox and
varolold, and uicC uersa. Therefore IN al epI-
denies Of either, vaccination should be resorjed
toss su almost certain barrier ~ iis dIuusiou
and extension. and bal f0r ;lH uGgligeuoe lI IL
universal use. smallpox would be forever driven
from the 1sce Of the earth To We ldmit that
vsCcluatisn Is only partial DO It's protective in-
aueuce. We must see what great amount of
b e, suffering, blessedness-to say nothing u
good lgoks-la saved the community "heH d -s
fss8rlsd IN.
Bsvaco.uatlon, as q general rule should be
resJfrsd % Whenever an epidemic o. SMALLPOX
iE prevailing 10 a comm InliF, OF when lnolElo-
uals have been exposed % lts contagious inlu-
ences. T. Is q harmless little operation, pTodu-
cling DO sickness or suffering u the system ls
already protected whilst we ind II the previous
vaccination has run out" It only produces O.
flliug inconvenience with but Little suffering
and bluEs with 10 almost positive safety and
protection. Tins measure we would advise I'D ost
siraul1ls-E- statistics prove that in the Eng
-lsh army where the s0llierS are rgidiy vac
cInated aud revacclnatsd, that only one soldier
Ia two thousand takes small IpOx. out Of an army
then ~ twenty thousand there would be only
ten cases Of the disease occurring; and as stalls
tics prove That one IA ten die, % would make
only one death 90 an army ol twenty thousand
mon. You do not want more striking e2eIil
plincauou o. the happy Influences 0f vaccina-
uoni set, 10 make the inlpression more p.O-
found % the great necessity 81 thorough and
universal vaccination, vii stale q few Of TIE
conclusions arrived az By the French Commis-
Hion OF Vaccine in eighteen hundred and thirty
uins-viz.
Firsi, hat simultaneous vaccination Of The
mas inEtautly arrests the progreas Of Tie vaIi-
olQlls ePioenic- Second thEt n vaccination IL
not 50 absolute and infalliole preventative
against suaalpoz- it Is at lease the most certain
and exempt from danger. Inird, that ysrioluid
iu the majority of cases, Is the only iRconYe
nienco 70 which ths vaceinsted are exposed
FosTtbi that ths total exunetiou " smallpox il