Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-04-14
VACCINATION.

of vaccination. 1t Is hard enough to
encounter the prejudices of the ignorant
without the opposition Of those who
should be the friends of science and hu
mainly. At the present time various
| places are visited with epidemics Of small
pox; and it win not, we hope, be wholly
useless to restate the conclusion of medi
cal men who have had the widest cxper-
fence with vaccinaticn-the only proven
tive Of that terrible disease.
VAccINIA OR Cow Pox.-The COW
pox never originated spontaneously in
man. 1t is confined almost exclusively
to the mich COW The vesicles eharac,
teristic of the affection are chiefly or ex
clusively confined to the teats and udder
About t. e fourth day of the disease small
red papules appear on the teats near the
udder, these are developed into vesicles
about the ninth day; in three days more
the Vesicles are surrounded by light
damask areola half inch in width, and
filed With turgid Opaque lymph; in The
few days more crusts are formed, which
fall off from the 10th to the oath day,
leaving "pit." When the pustules are
fully formed, the mixers of the COW are
liable to receive the sore on their hands
and communicate the disease in turn to
other animals. Edward Jenner, an ap-
| prentice to surgeon at Sodbury, near
Bristol, in 1853, had his attention attrac-
ted to popular belief in the county of
Gloucester, England, that persons affect
ed as above described from the COW, were
exempt from small pox The apprentice
lnvestig ted the subject, and Ia 1898
| (seVenty-one years ago. gave to the world
his discovery of vaccination, in a paper
justly designed as "that master piece of
medical induction" Jenner showed that
cowpox casually communicated to man
secured immunity from small box, that it
might be communicated at will by the
surgeon from the COW to man, when the
opportunity existed, that it might thence
forth be communicated from man to man.
Tor IA indefinite period conferriug the
same immunity from small pox as direct
vaccination from the COW.
These resemble the phenomena already
described in the COW. At the point Of
successful vaccination slight pimple is
seen on the third day, which increases to
distinct vesicle by the sixth day, with
elevated edge, with cup-like depression
II the centre, Of blush white-color.
This vesicle reaches its perfection on the
eighth day. On the seventh or eighth
day ring, or areola, appears around the
veslc!e, which increases for two DAYS: is
from one inch to three inches in diane
ter. This areola demands particular at
tention. It is sign that the constitution
has been properly affected There is
usually a little febnle disturbance while
1t lasts. After the tenth day the areola
fades, the vesicle dries in the centre. be-
comes scab By the fifteenth day, which
falls from the twentieth to the twenty
fifth day, leaving a characteristic circnl-
ar pit" AS DIR. Seaton remarks, a
vaccination presenting any deytation from
the perfect character Of the Ues5cze, and
the regular Development of the areoga, is
not to be relied on the protectice against
snaaN por.
Healthy children should be vaccinated
a month or six weeks after birth. And
should be vaccinated by three months, if
there is no disease contra-indcating it.
Unless there is immediate danger from
small pox, child with skin disease
should not be vaccinated. Cure the skin
disease first. lfparentS are rightly sus-
pectod of being syphilitic, do not vaccin-
ate the child till after three months.
Hereditary faint usually shows itself in
the child by that time. II the child is
Vaccinated earlier, the disturbance of the
/ vaccine disease will hasten the develop.
ment of the syphilis, and it will be charg
ed to the vaccine matter In case of
exposure to small pox, a child may be
vaccinated at birth. When small pox
has one, two or even three days tbes start,
vaccination will overtake and modify it,,
VACCINE.-The best is lymph taken
directly from characteristic yesicle on a
healthy child. The lymph is good from
the time it is formed up to the end of the
eighth day. Vaccination should always
be performed, when possible, from arm
| to arm. Necessity often compels physi.
clans to use preserved or dried lymph,
Bat it is too often a torment to operator
and patient alike. Babies, and those of
dark complexion and smooth skin, afford
the best lymph. Let it be remembered
that lymph taken after the areola is fully
formed: that is after the eighth day, pro
duca septic poisoning, erysipeas, etc.
Tile operator should puncture a proper
vaccine yesicle at several points on the
surface. In this way pure lymph may
be obtained even from diseased child.
4 punctuIe at the base of the vesicle may
| draw blood, and vaccinating with lymph
mixed with impure blood may inoculate
with disease. Any man who is ignorant
enough to take matter from a sore caused
by syphilitic disease and use it or yend it
for vaccine matter, ought to have his
estate contiscated and his throat cut.
NJ ETHoDS OF VACCINATION. = Each
operator has his own methed: Many
punoture with the point of a lancet char
ged with fresh lymph. A better way is
to scarify the surface with the point of a
lancet and spread the lymph on, The
vaccinator should aim to make at least
three veeicles that will leave three good