Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-12-22
Written for the Gold Hill News.l
FACTS FOR THE PEOPLE.
Benefits OF yacclnarion-Its Utiliry an
Safety V~indicufod.

nCu0AN1 VI VII u
Safety Vindicated.
The head Of the Board Of Health in
San Francisco has declared vaccination
q failure. The inevitable result OF so
sweeping . declaration will be in a
measure disastrous to the community
afflicted, by shaking the confidence OF
the wavering in their only hope As =
means for prevention, rendering them,
from neglect Of the ~precaution, easy
victims to tho most loathsome scourge
that has ever visited the human race.
10 the declaration supported by superior
evidence? On the contrary, medical
Intelligence and experience, with med
ical history, are overwhelmingly adverse
to such q decision. Tho historical facts
in regard to vaccination since its dis
coyery by Edward Jenner in 1896 up to
the present period, prove that it is the
only and surest test for safety. The
American Journal of Medical Science for
November, 1881, says the benefits Of
vaccination in protecting against attacks
of the smallpox will be very manifest
when we examine the records Of public
charities, where the greatest care is be-
slowed on vaccination. From Novem-
Der l, 1884, to May l, ls43, the number
of children received in the asylums and
other public Institutions in the cities of
New York, Baltimore and Philadelphia,
and who were ~vaccinated in the same,
numbered 5000, and only 8 deaths re-
suited from the smallpox. From 1907
to 1887, showing a period of 80 years,
-.nneo- sc \ ~ ksta . 4, ~ ,.k-
ofBoston was compulsory by legal enact
msnt, and so thoroughly was il executed
that only 81 persons fell victims to the
disease. On the repeal Of the law in
1897, up to lS49, IN interval Of IL
years, the deaths from smallpox were
633. In ls45 the Academy Of Sciences
Of Paris published 3 report, containing
the following conclusions: First-Ths
protective influence of vaccination is
complete as regards the great majority
Of the ~yaecinated, and temporary as re-
CARDS a small number only and in the
latter it is absolute up to the period Of
puberty. Second-Small-pox rarely at
tacks the vaccinated before the age Of
IL or l2, and il is from this age to 80 or
35 hat persons are chiefly exposed.
Third-That in addition to the pressrv-
alive influence Of vaccination, ii en-
dows the constitution with an influence
which renders the symptoms Of small
pox much mildsr and Of shorter dura-
ton.
During the prevalence Of q most ma
lignsnt and fatal smallpox in Philadel-
phia, in 1927, but one well ascsrtained
death from the disease was discovered
to have occurred among $4,000 vsccin-
ated persons. In that year several per-
sons who had formerly passed through
the disease were again attacked and
died from the same. Statistics gath
cred both from public and private prsc-
tice, and observations in hospitals, ssy-
lums and other public institutions,
prove beyond all doubt the superiority
Of vaccination and the unSpeakable
value of it as q prophylactic measure
against smallpox. Tho question Of the
success of vaccination has repeatedly
been raised, but Investigations carefully
conducted have always resulted in its
favor. Prior to the discovery Of vac-
eination, the smallpox was 81 times
moro fatal in Prussia in 1903 thar in
ls49. The deaths from smallpox in
London for the 10 years ending 1850
mark, before the discovery Of vaceiua-
tion), were 2,036; for the 10 years end
ing 1850, 49s.
W. H. @. STEPHENSON, N. D.