The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-11-16

remaining members of the family wa
revaccinGted, and this was the only cas-
OF the dieease at that house.
Case IA square and half highe
lup onC Chapline street, q case Of unmod
ified smanpox in an unvaccinated child
nine years of age, was next reported
The father and mother had been pre-
yiously yaccinated, hut neither OF tn
children, Ave in number among whom
the patient was the eldest, had beer
thus protected. The remaining childreI
were at once vaccinated, the father ant
mother revaccinated, and though the,
were all crowded together in a small
house, there was no other case OF th'
disease in that family.
Case IA few doors above the las
mentioned residence, and near the cor
ner of Cnpline and Webster streets
there occurred q most malignant and
fatal case'of small pox in an unvaccin
ated child twenty-one months Of age
In this family, besides the patient, there
were seven adult persons and alittle CIR
thirteen years of age. One OF the adults
a servant girl, had had smallpox; the
remaining members of the family had
all been vaccinated. These were re-
vaccinated; and the ehilds case was
the only one that occurred in that
household, Notwithstanding every mem
Der of the family was more or less ex
posed by contact with the patient.
Case VII-The next case reported
was discovered in a German family, at
the head of Eoff street. Besides the
father and mother, there were six chill
dren, two OF whom had not been vaccl'
mated, and these were the victims. The
first case Terminated in recovery.
Case VlII.-This case, the second in
the last named family, occurred three
weeks later, and terminated by death In
convulsion, after two or three days
sickness. The patient was said 10 have
been vaccinated at the time the first
case was discovered, but the marks OF
success were absent. No physician was
called to this case. 1t was, OF course,
the product OF case No. I.
Case IX-The last OF August case
of varioloid made its appearance farther
down on Eoff street. The patient, an
adult female, was the only member OF
large family that had not been vacci-
mated since childhood. The patient
could form no idea Of how or from
what source she contracted the disease.
The remaining members of this family
were vaccinated, and all escaped.
Case X.-Occurred about the same
time on the same street, near Second.
1t was severe varioloid. The patient,
an adult male, and cousin Of No. 3, did
not know that he had been in COM
munication with any one having the
disease. He had not been yaccinated
since his boyhood. The other members
of the family, several in number, were
Immediately revaccinated, and there
was no more of the disease in that
house.
.GasesXEv-Was also one Of severe
varioloii, and occurred about the same
time on Zane street, East Wheeling,
near Fifth street. The patient, an adult
male, mad not been vaccinated since his
youth. The source OF contagion, in this
instance, was easily traced to the fam
ily on Eoff street, in which cases No. 7
and s occurred, and with which he had,
previously to the outbreak OF the dis
ease there, been a boarder On being
taken sick he was removed from Zane
street by his friends into the First ward,
and the two families which were ex'
posed by his presence were saved by
vaccination and revaccination without
an exception.
Case XII-Was also Of varioloid,
and located in the Fifth ward. The
contagion was traced directly from
Pittsburgh. This patient also had not
been vaccinated from childhood. Her
only child was vaccinated, and there
was no other case of the disease in her
family.
Case XIIL.-Also one OF varioloid,
occurred in the Sixth ward. Neither
had this patient been vaccinated since
early life. His wife and large family
of small children were Immediately
vaccinated, and all escaped. This case
was also chargeable to Pittsburgh.
Case XIV.-A vigorous varioloid,
occurred the fret OF September, at the
head of Chapline street, in the person
Of an old man who had had smallpox
in Germany many years before.
He presented all the marks Of having
suffered a severe form Of the disease.
The wife and three small children were
at once vaccinated. The patient could
not account Tor his illness by recent
contact with the disease.
Case XT.-Was an adult male, never
vaccina,ed, who came from Cincinnati
the S,h OF September. This was case
of bad smallpox The patient was
tented on the Island and nursed by an
old gentleman, who has no other pro-
lection than that afforded by thorough
and recent vaccination. There was no
propagation OF contagion from this case.
Case XTL-Occurred on the Island
about the first OF October. The patient
was a young man who had lately re-
turned home from Pittsburgh. where be
had been at work since the burning OF
the Top Mills. This was case OF mild
vario!o;i. The patient had been vacci.
mated in his boyhood. All who had
communication with him were vacci-
mated, and none were attacked.
Case XFIL-Was reported from the
Eighth ward, about the middle OF Octo-
Der, This man had gone on visit TO
Pittsburgh, and soon after his return
home was attacked with malignant
smallpox, and died in four days after
the frs, appearance Of the eruption. 1t
could not be ascertained that he had
ever been successfully vaccinated.
There were three families in the house