The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-12-15
VACCINATION.

A. tho last meeting Of Board OF Health lengthy
document subject OF vaccination. signed BY Drs
j. NJ Carnochan and A. D. Whitney. was read and
referred the Sanitary Committee The sgners Of tho
paper coiieni that In the vaccination u the public
schools Gil persons interested either parents,
relatives children; and thus the eutirs community
become involved In the ELECTS Of general vaccination
Whatever character They allego that there
some evils unnecessarily attached the present mode
pursued for psrpetuatng vaccinations which ought DO
Ia any plan that devised carefully avoided For
this purpose. ihe sgnes the primary requisite 10
good, heaitnu vaccine virus which can al tins season
casiy ooianed direct from tho kline. This, they
continue. ~ very mpofsu. consideration ana should
not 10 cveTookec tor there Is the dearest aud fullest
csid.ncs nat THIS vaccine lymph or cruss from tue
kline yrotectttu and
inaun1y from the contas oi sma,poN. lis, now
eser, lanealaoie facs mat much Is improperly COL
lecLod from unworthy end Questionable sources
sold under tho name Of vaccine virus
wnlch IL Impure ani comparatively Worthless
II y believed varos forms OF scrofha aud othas
constitutional or malignant diseases are too frequently
introduced iuto ames prior " iais process, were
irsly free from sucn tant or development. Impure
aud worsess matter aoos generally when used proddcs
a very bad sose, and ssAlcts injuries variety
Of ways without adding or furnishing 20 the system
pDrtlce OF protection From recent des olopmen's
ars proportion O. vaccination for Toe last twenty
ave years may be considered spurious, and may, should
too disease varsva spread over mo country " al
epidemic torn prove Intellectual and unprctociive, 10
tne rad cisap Appointment OF vast numbers who now
tn,nk themselves pcrlectv ssfe." Tho writer's o.
the paper rcst cito several instances OF whole
lent having been vaccinned With what they
thought was good healthy yaccLe vifus Tue writer
strongly advocates tn adoption OF tho pure fresh virus
derived directly through tue usual process from the
kline, which "a reliable and IN s protective
powcr" but boW tar U transmission from Que person
70 another may 10 carried without deisrioraton and
dcsrmant they do NOT pretesd 10 cay and let facss
decline They that ~ Hassn states that In the hos.
Lias OF PARIS Ia fifteen months p.30 vaccinations aud
rev performed BY means Of d. Laaoixs
neiers led mo the various hospitals or these iss1
men, S5T women, and 4so children. The opera
tiuns were, a. usually The Gaze. SUCCESSFUL IN
. very limited number Of royacc.nations, wary Ing
from sixteen 10 seventeen per cent wsth children
cent rho exp rimsuts frym which these facts wero
derived extended The 18th OF April 10 tho end OF
December, 1864 in The report on THIS subject the
following very important statement was made From
the trials carefully made becomes evident that syphis
Is transmissDie 20 The bovine specios Hence may
be inferred yirus taken directly from the
perfect froo from this talnt and other forms or
acrofula With which o alesccB. IL u aiss evident
from reports OF the medical authorities mentioned
la report tina, the best coarso tor the sasty and
crginal proposion-to tue Use or pure, fresh virus
from tho kline only watch he affirmed 10 DO perfectly
reabe and porsnsaont Ia ia protective power Let this
be pnrsued and all orr children DO regularly
kue and tho vsrola smallpox will DO eanished
frcn among us, rs.ura AID prevail In
epidemic form. An nsitGt0n where tos TIE kluo virus
could b. dstrbosd In inir cay 10 aayocaisi a. means
10 prevent dseAse and put AZ end 70 sourcs OF doase
which has becn % long prevalent.
Dr. sad that he mad objection 20 the reference
made OF this eoclmcnt but sAo public eboulG untsr.
stand ths hoasd 10 rs order 70 tho vaccination
public schools did not ntoad 70 dictate 10 them
by hom taeir children should DO yaccintted fnair
physicians the physicians Of the dipsnsAglss ~
whom thsy pleased