The Hawaiian gazette., 1869-01-13


{ passa-,e marked By 1sterasks IN the accom-
panying first volume Of A Trosssaa's Gin
isue NedicaIe De rEotel-Dteu Dc Paris, and
obIigg,
Yours very truly,
WH EuLEBRASD.
In village Of about $50 inhabitants .
youl, w0msin, VINO hi been vaccinatsd vas
taken sicz toward The end Of October 1853
with vdrieia. which disease she bad caught
BY having remained for long time with one
Of her relations. laid up with the sdne III
ness During al the time Of her sickness,
the yCung woua1 Wis attended By her
mother, AGED > years. Eh9. IL her Luru- WIS
Infected By the disease, although she had
been vaccIuared- Both OF them recovered.
but AZ the time when the mother WIS q con
vIIssceut- that l. 90 sly, In the hrsC part 0t
silu1ry, the disease showed sLEu> q pruTa-
gazing I->elf IN Al epidemic form
making is Appearance Iu families. the mem
hers OF which were either successfully or
simultaneously taken sick In the month OF
January, the Number OF people Affected with
Vari0la were above 10. and ca the 10Th OF
February it reached 80 Every day It in
creased mzn AMI women. whether vIccIn-
iled Or not and even such Is had had the
V1riJlI before pad more or less r1Gir tribute
% the epidemic
The opportunity WIS more than favorable
% stufF the influence Of vaccination on the
progress and Intensity Of VarioIL The fol
loving = A brief account Of the fLc5s O5serv-
CT ana Of the conclusions arrived az
Win regard % vacci1a-ai people, vIril1
never showed Itself Wh-H they were under
the age OF l. years. bur Eas more malignant
IL the patients were mJre advanced In wears,
that l. TO say separated By a more distant
period rom the time OF vaccination. There
have been II several tIElIli-s. remarkable
Illustrations Of this Intimate connection be
tween the AZ Of the patients lnL the -1li-
i've severity 4 tie accidents
In one EilIilE- CON 10eet Of the father. shz
mother dud SIX Children the Eillgr and
mother bad i cguiIeu- vIri1lI- three sons.
being respectively ., - and p years OF age,
h.It 70 sItsr d less I1-gulsg FIri1la- Two sons
aged Is and Is, we're laid uD with vdri1i1if
and the Youngest. L years OF Az, wds the
Only 1ne who WIS eLsup pa from any sr1p aiJu-
although BE had constantly remained IN she
sex roou-, exposed % the contagious tuil-
euce-
In another family seven in uumler. i've
caught the prevailing disease three 8f whom
had been vaccinatsd twenty 90 thirty years
aut two fourteen and fifteen years previously
The introductory phenomena and the erup-
ton showed a great deal Of analogy II al
Of them but II the period Of suppura1ilu
got well IN 4 few days, while their elders
Presented grave symptoms and had = long
suppurIti0n
l. a general rule, II has been dscerraznsd
tuat vaci0Li, with vaceinatsd people, l. ssuzi-
Div modified and essentially less severe that
IL LISTS about half the time OF IA 0rfInIrv
EIriola- and presents the same beginning
and course until the period Of >uppura-
Gou- Having reached which stage. il st0ps
al n.
cati0u- a. though the disease had exhausted
it, strength and could not proceed any
further II never ended fatally
Ten people died being respectively Jua-
two, rWeurv-Oue. tEguty-three, wen y-sy.Veu
~ euEy-zine, thirtE-oue, dffE-tw0, ffty-ivs
and nftF seven years Of are None Of then
had been vIecindrsd, and they all died during
the period u sGppUrIEi0u-
In February, I-lt, UIInE people were tIiIy
taken sics- and AZ that time, % the very spot
th-4 usstion Of vaccination and rev vaccination
WIS discussed, and after h-IFIn- been duly
considered vas AZ List decided on n the n
irraItiys-
Vaccination and rs-Vleciu4tiau were Il
once pcactiead II general manner In less
than ten days I-O vaccinations and IL re-
VACCINATIONS we're performed The result 90
tlinec WIS beyond the hopes entertained
The epidemic VI. stopped iuuetiIlsIyI
The results Of the Ta,cinatIng operations
are A. follows Out Of IS0 persons vaceiu-
Itet for the nrst time, II showed good pu=-
tuIss, that - % say, having 4 protective
power and the property Of serving for au0th-
er Vaccination bat with the remaining 9
vaccination had 10 eject
The p,Issi 5ilILT Of seeing the FIeefue natter
developing irzeif tEien with the same indi-
Eii1II Is nav Un4 lssti0uably settled but II
Wis nevertheless interesting % eXImia= rle
experienced By the virus WI Z
I1n0c1lared 70 4 person. previously v1EeiH-
Itsit- and the character and Appearances aE the
pIstales d second vIeeilafi1a-
These Irg the results Of IL vaccinations
WIKI atE- persons it W.Ls very successful
1per1rIll- the pu=t1Ies Developed them
selves an Or abouI the An Gdv- and filed on
IN dag % the 18th they were surrounded
bF IN erTsi pelIt0us lreoLl, then they became
dry and Serg covered with crIsts which fell
11 on the =lth DAY The Eustules had also
lni=nlIbIE presented al the characteristics
Of The legitimate eruption d VaeciaaEi1H-
NI1l = persons the pEstules experienced
4 modification they rose up three days Iftsr
th= paneEurs- aIIzd Up between the Sch and
rhz 1l1 day With 4 Lind of pllstic lymph,
we're surrounded Eith a reddish IreolI- and
were s1glzrTnIez the cause " q prJ-l5erElcz
% M .TuI1 tlrTZ -tIltIluz uldzr tle IrIII-5-f-
These Plsla-ss were not um1llieats5i- I'D
not show any tuE1r or indurlfi1n. a1d after
-he fail1E q 0f the s,-dl= ID not present
any apparent SCARS
Ia IIg cases the Insertion Of the vaccine
WIS pr8dEazi- within u hours. 3 pointed
9i1FI., which rapidly dislppearz.!- In 30
Eases 40 peresl tf3le effect was nl11s on the
skin
All-1sL a. persons successfully VL1ei1- .
Itesi 0r r. FaceinEled have been exempt from 7
-Eri1-A Five 8llE were an exception % TINS
-ul., bul i 4 % BE- stated that they lad been L.
-llaGinatesi 1Il1 4 fzE days Ezfare the eruption .
u ELri1lL
y gri1l1 al not appear ar -Il.l5lli AID with .
7u1 distinction iE has -zusTaliy ATTACKED .
l1=e Wl1 hid l1z been Tl--illlres- f5r a loaE
ills, El1 hls respected uhgse Wa were r.
.sTIIlF Fls.ialtss1- II this epiizmic has
lr3Tzst that Tlecilfri1a j. los E1s0llteig 4
1r1tsctilu l--li-st g. EEiEl fIef = daily de-
b. the spoE1.iie FEri1las, i has
bern taz nIsIas u 1-esrlalaiaz tae s1-l-IrF
l1IslEs Is exercises apo1 rhs Issus q q Va
-i3l.l, bg =l1rtsHiaz ~ .-aratl1a lad dlulil-
sEilg r. fz1-sr-
7z-7l..s-ll-l-ill- Per19rz-l.ii . 4 -el-zr- way
e TIE msisl o. "A epidsalIs- has Pr==elrei 81 .
lr.-s - Atm All deTei1pllsnlt, a1d Las an
a1u1ts-lE 5eau protective W-ils ir las % a