New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-10-28


one concnson--ii,t change a. inc constitution Is I'M
peratiye The necessary mobilization WIN De found rc-
the New.Yorl election frauds.
AKTicts The seeor o President sad VeePesdss, ssh he
chosen fows: TUo Of President aud cPsdeul shall be
chosen large IRON each State BY the qusled voter ibee
sentative. Which such ste NAY be entitled III CoSgr sb
n . 81 :. 80 81 ,s
times. p,sss ss Ia 81 chaos -IsS rsS sh. ss
by sw maSs or ,lier such regulations coEs shall presb
coute.tiOE right the Oncs Of President
The afternoon closed with tho reading OF val
liable paper by Prof Francis Bacon Of Yale College upon
VACCINATION AS AN ELEMENT OP PUBLIC HEALTH.
II practice OF vaccination falls into dOrepute.
wo shall have pestilence among us, destroying
yearly from 5000 5000 persons and about NewYork
And any OF who allows himself TO remain inpro
tected will do well reflect that he practically exposes
himself to the infection OF disease which destroys from
one-fth to onehs OF those Vt attacka Tue fact that
mild form OF this dreadful soOurgo wtii
preserve from q second attack Just as surely
as severe form lies at tho foundation
OF tho modern practice Of vaccination. Good
judges consider vaccination safe at tho age ot4ors
weeks and IL certainly not too much to that even
postponed beyond the sixth mOhth Vaccination within
Two days after exposure to tho smallpox viii servo
perfection nine ten days, wle tho smallpox ro-
latent until the twelfth day nyaccinatug lymph
Do bIoad mTst bs mingled with H. care is taken only
ono case In VIII fail In skifu hands Many physcans.
much be regretted that many are content with Inn
perfect results. for when person Is once tSecnaed'
ery thorough vaccination protects the system ngaist
smallpox surely an attack OF the latter disease
would. Some persons have smallpox twice, ana soine
have II after thorough yaceiuaOn but person who
j. not protected by vaccination would NOT be protected
by having had the disease tse Thorough vaccination
IN modern Of ths term implies the possession on
four good ccatrices or marks aud, arue less
The degree " pi rejection dInlshes rapidly With
decreasing number Of ccariees that the danger OF DEAN
fourteenth OF that which badly vaeciuated persons no
exposed. whence follow, that very desirable 70 nave
the Immense benefit which has resulted In the aggegaS
protection afforded to nations and armies IN Ehuend,
sma.pox 1908 persons every million OF population;
while from lsI the a0i aud from 1850
cites the results have been even striking than this
In Sweden the annual smallpox deahrate Of 90s0 ~
10 15s i'm Westpbaa 26I3 deaths reduced ~ sui-
liar period to l4 In Bohemia. Moraya: and Anuian
sesia from 1000 200 IN Copenhagen from AIS TO i6
vaccination has TO certain extent compulsory in
Ivtfleon's vaccination act TO extend aud make
pusory the practice ofvaceinat0n by ths ACT pehsS
cnated But as no special officer wss appointed TO SEQ
10 the enforcement Of the law Il had very little practical
nronGloatton Of an order Of the Privy Council under
date Of Dec 1889, for the Improvement OF public Yhc
WAS directed to be instituted with ref
erence especially t. the oPsssto9 s emov vfG Of
infant vaccinations compared with the numberOt births
appeared to be especially low These systematic lnseo
tons have been useful In promoting vaccinations ths
their Lordshps propose to continue them througnou M
tie Unions of England. Re-yaecinatOn ~ now genet
ally o STbey il past saw at s or Is years
Of age. In the wlrtemberS army m 1891 IS. ard
soldiers were reyaccnated aud the curious result wax
attained that those who bore marks OF small pox az
well as those previously yacciudted moro uan a tho
vaccinations succeeded. In the Prusslan army reYae
cnation has been performed upon eIery reetu. SUI
1893 the result being that the ANIMAL deaths rom sah
pox (which at one previously were lOO have not
averaged moro than two. ia the BaNardah sImy
thai date TIL 1887. not single OF pnmodhta
smallpox Occurred, single death from tbst disease
vaccination In the of Great Britain. Dcu1afk'
sweden, and Baden. As 70 the supposed eyil co1ss.
10 The extraVHganees Of the first opponents Of the op
Grafton Some, IN laser ears, have tired TO traces
root OF vacciuaton the rate Of mortality In Londur
for example is but threequarters Of what t wasa cen
general risk Of death Il oneonrih ess that from small
po1 is almost eXtingushed lheTe - vague ie.lng
clans, that vaccination now hhd lhel tfahsiltt
constitutional disease Is Il possible. Doctor ,hhI
child through vaccinations" without declaring such
thing absolutely mposslor we nay safely say hat y
parens' In England probably 3OOO,VV vaccinations
have been performed during the present century WIN
what evil results Maroon, who has performed oyet
eases Communicated with tire vaccine dsease nor
does he believe in the popular reports that
they are communicated" bese. with an export
ence scarcely eas extensive agrees with Maroon Dr.
west who has ested, during l. years, 1900 infants ANA
children il W tho view OF Pagct speaking iruu
/ believe il very rarely do,sJ. by disturbing the
general health, may give epp"ituhly Ioi
ton Of some constitutional ansc,ios Witch. but
for n, might have remained rather eI-rr atehl ANu
be adds This tho worst thlnr i0,t sau, with any
show OF reason be charged ngsiIst s'ecmatoni tN ~
this can very tedum be cbaTg lth truth thai d !"
say. child with "hunor Ia ihc blood pA De apg I"
have the hurnor break OUT whenever the system q r
lated. whether BY vaccination. teethlug- or mn
sunn,rt n system Which VIII take away cff-
tniu portion Of their praeIlcei Very hkeiy ye';
one aud e = nos paid proportion 20 the loss Of time
involves, Cannot, Ihen tue Governments o. STATE o.
step OF offering vaccination 90 al. under garant-e- ~
purity such - tie puDn would c0undo IN lms P."l
enbodies the conclusions rea'hed ~ aslrea e"nsi''
of three-PrOf Ba0on, Or Lincoln OF BOSTON, ana "
Hammond OF Nsw.iorE, who were appointed b, re
report upon the subject ot Yacci alton.
Athe evening Session. the room Nas vel alec SD
the audience listened with profond attention and '"r-
esl to the Hon. James A. GHneds highly INSTRUCTIVE"
paper upon the
NATIONAL CFNSJS OF 1870
The Hon James A. Garfield submitted pupcr upon
,rhe American Census" The principles Of statistical
science and the modern census sro closely allied IA"
application " The VI statistics ~ 81 recent oat
and owes IL origin 10 the Impulse oi modern cNl''
uon The nTst comprehensive statement of The prhei'
piles ~ this science originated WIN rot A'nS"N"" 4"
tiottingen. without tracing the stages OF ~ grOWt,
the fesnlts Of the cultyatoR oi statistics n the spi
aud method " science may y" shown as folosss 1t
n la. DEVELOPED the truth that society San orEansm
wh0ss elements and futccs coniotnl ~ laws "a
constant ard pcrvas.ye those witch govern
the material universe aud that the study 81
these laws viii enable Ia uuruorar his condition 70
rmancipate h.Ws'l ffum The enc dominion al sspr -
tlnu aud from countless evils which we're once ihouHAt
brvond his control ana viii matte him th- master thef
tlaut uf
i,Ievr that order aus "a tho uiscrsrthat tie Wufld
n "A ,,.uo- and not y ruAus. Iio assertion ~ TIE ftieh
of ta~ haS been rtuhhuuy res5f.t a. oNflA step ITO
~ hcnth. an persflfnn tfii iurnr In form
la Tire ignorant.