The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-03-30
VACOINATI0N-IT DISCOVERY AND GRAND
RESULTS AGAINST SMALLPOX.

RESULTS AGAINST SMALLPOX.
70 THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
Tho terrible sc0urge OF smallpox under which we
are now laid and the fearful ravages that this dis
ease Is making bring forcibIy before the neces-
sity OF adopting every method to stay its course.
The old saying, can ounce OF prevention Is worth
pound OF cure IS very appropriate In this case and
1t IL but justice say that the Board Of Health has
done Its work molly, and the only trouble Ia q want
oil cooperation on the part OF the people. The two
sovereign preventves are cleanliness and vaccina.
ton. The rs as applied 70 the city. Is almost an
impossibilty, but the second is within the reach OF
ALL and In almost every case 1t viii be found EN-
cient.
The process Of vaccination or the artificial pro-
auction OF diseases from matter originally obtained
from cow, is q discovery Of modern time. having
been discovered by DR.. Edward Jenner In the rear
1796. and probably no dlscoverer or modern times
is worthy OF more honor than this man, who, by
quasi simple discovery. has placed In our hands
cure that has saved thousands from the most re.
pulsive OF Deaths The attention Of this gentleman
was first called to this matter by the popular belief
OF the people OF Gloucester shire England that those
people who were injected with the matter from the
sores on the udder of the cow were from the
cohta2i0 Ion OF smallpox. Thinking that there must
&c something in this he maze an experiment tine
nrstl on the l4th OF MARCIA, 1896. some matter was
taken rom Q sore on tue hand OF dairy IN AID and
Inserted oy superficial incsions into the arm OF
boy. Pustules somewhat similar those OF small.
pox, but darker in their hue and nlled
with lmpld natd, were produced. and became
surrounded with an erysipelatous or red
circle, but the whole died away leaving on the IN
Ocuated part scabs ana subsequent eschars,
without producing any other Inconvenience. ON the
seventh day after the operation the boy complained
OF some uneasiness in the armpit. on the ninth DAY
he became chilly, had headache, loss or appetite,
ana was otherwise tndi5pO5ed and passed restless
night, but well by the next day. As the OBJECT
Oh the experiment was 10 ascertain where the cow
p0x gave immunity from the smallpox ne was on
the LIST OF July lnoculated with smallpox matter,
but no disease was produced, ana the same result
was obtained when this was repeated some months
after. c. lste-1 ta %. t
Thus was the fact established and substautated
that matter taken directly or indirectly from the
COW, when introduced INTO the human BODY, would
prevent an appearance OF the smallpox. The state
ment OF these facls produced great excitement IN
theories and ideas advanced In regard to 1t. In
published results OF an investigation made by DR..
Pearson we una that he regarded tine COW and
smallpox two separate diseases, thus differing
from DR.. Jenner, who thought that the oowpox was
was supported in ms theory by Sir Isaac Penning-
ton, DIR. Parr, Mr.. Simmons and Others, who had
thorough only served to SHOW u that
Dr. Jenner WAS correct IN his statement, thai the
Sose kmow as e ana IN h eSi as d
parted TO the cow And to prove this MIR. Tanner
! by inserting in The udder O drop OF liquid taken
from the heel OF q horse while suffering with the
The matter was also taken in hand by DR.. wood
Vile, OF tue smallpox Hospital London, and, IN his
report published III 1892 he says. out OF 600 persons
vacclnated lot one took the smallpox. An anJnla-
lous occurrence, however showed itself IN Two.
fiilhs OF the people Puslular eruptons appeared
various parts or the body, but faded away with
out matura:ng, and always without fatal results.
This Is now known as vario0ld, and Is the small
pox modified by the previous introduction ofvaccne
matter.
There have been exceptions where vaccination is
no s9pe Mn Uace IN
parts OF Europe. ana, strange TO say attacked botn
the vaccinated and varlolated as wen as persons
that had not had the disease. Chicken p0x was
also prevalent, and IN making some experiments,
DIR. Hodenpyl, or Rotterdam, and Others. made out
the following conclusions, viz:-rhat OF those who
had neither had cOwpOx nor smallpox out or every
4 died; OF those who mad SMALLPOX naturally or by
inoculation out Of every rs to IN 70 died: while
OF those VINO had been vaccinated and afterwards
seized with the disease only, IN $50 died, thus
showing mat If not quite 1t was almost positive
preventive. One OF the most accurate and Interest
ing details IN reference to this point has been gwen
Having occurred at Narselles during the epidemic
smallpox OF 1925. The population OF Marseilies
%nc e es HSea ae 1e
thus:-3O 900 vaccinated, 5000 neither vaccinated
nor yarolated, and 1000 vario ateathat is who had
smallpox elmer naturally BY inoculatlon. or
the $1,000 vaccnated about 900 were seized with
the prevalent smallpox epidemic, OF which
OF the 1000 varolated 20 were attacked anu DIED,
or IN every cases. Ol the 5000 non-vaccinated
1000 were affected, and OF this number 100 died,
that etwelltn OF the non;vacclnaed. oneniteenth
varolated took the disease. But sucn was the dif-
ference the comparative severity oil the attack
the vaccinated ana variOlated that while the var
olated portion OF the population were cut OF In the
proportion OF out or every so the yaccinated
part OF the population only lost out OF every
1900; or, In other words OF an equal number OF
varolated and vaccinaLed cases varioated died
from the second attack Tor every one VINO dled Of
the disease after vaccination.
This shows at glance the immense amount OF
good that done by this simple Operati0n and puts
end to all doubts as 10 Its value as preventive.
1t has been calculated III Great Britain alone That
before this great discovery 1000 people were an
| nuaiy cut OF by the dread destroyer, smallpox.
| That would be at the present time equivalent to
! S5, 900 persons destroyed by one disease Aud in
France the number reached $685. in one year, and
II can be easily seen That by careful management
| and vaccination this disease may he overcome, and
even forgotten. 1t should not be forgotten that this
law Is the one deduced from experiments, &C. that
| vaccination properly performed presents almost
1 absolute security against smallpox" In 1543 In
England. an act was attempted making the prac.
| tice or vaccination compulsory. Such law Is now
| III force there. Tnls Is what should be done in this
| country, and any person that refuses should DC
| forced to comply with a law that Is necessary and
would be productive Of great good Ia our common.
| wealth at the present time. ~ r. 4. II.