Middletown transcript., 1872-02-24

tooS0 sUo same oU0ovo0oo1 DIT 0uoo, 0ue
there sfe recsrded issosuese Il dupliosts
sod evcs tsipoicsss cases.
TsrsssHeni- Al this belongs to The prov
iuoe Of ths intelligent physjcisn, Il you'd
bs out 1t place to discuss II hsss Il h
ssnsgh k,s s~a 10 ny thst sbe main priu.
ciplss sse eosnplase isolstion. thorouxh
vcnsilsli"n aud olcanliness, cm,ling drinks
dsrins faser aud nourishiug diet during
cuuvalesencc.
Origin and history The lectusrr is onc
II ,hsl man,l,er Who believe iss origin u
rrcnrlcd IN The ninth aud teuth verses Of
the niuth chapter u Exodus. philo. a
jew, WIN wrote the lie Of Moses, in tho
tenth century. maintains ihm opinion
Hebrew scholars dcrlxrc that tho original
Hebrew. in which these verses wore PEN
ned. 10 still more strongly expressive Of
the character Of ths small.pox Il wss
known 10 China 1929 years before Christ.
and was called BY the /" cclcstisls" taiton.
vcnom from the mothers breast" The
Brshmina, of Hindoestsn. claim that II
was known to them frnm rcmoicst anti.
putty. Thucydidcs. 10 his history Of the
Pcloponcssisn war. describes il aud says
II was introduced into Greece from Eihio-
pia. Homer. the Crock poet. reciscs that
''On mules nud dogs the infection arst began,
And last the vengcfal arrows 6xrd Ia man.
Livy, the Roman historian. gives &C.
counts Of some eight or nine terrible visi.
sa,ions Of snasll.ror between the years
464 and l72 Is. y. during one Of which
a fourth part Of the Komau senate perish
cd. and during another 80 great was the
mortality that the Romans undertook no
work Of political or warlike character
for u year. and thousands. who could not
be buried. were thrown into the T;ber
In the year SGD A d. ut the birth Of
Nahcmet. an Abyssihinn army was com.
pcllrd to raise the siege Of Mecca on nc-
count Of the breaking out Of smallpox
The armies raised by the prophet spread
il all over the east, and the Saraccns car
ricd il into Sicily aud Spain. From this
time. all through the long reign Of oricn.
tai dcspois and Roman empcrors. up To
the tenth century. il ravagcd all Europe.
The crusaders carried il everywhere.
Rhozcs, an Arabian physician Of the
tenth century, was the frs 70 write true
account Of the disease and to point ou,
the true and cooling treatment. Elfrida,
daughter Of Alfred the Great. and wife OF
Balwin the .lS"ld, earl Of Flanders, was
the first English N.tim recorded. Loni,
Ky of France and Mary. wife Of viii
liam Ill Of England. were royal victims
to the mulady. The Spaniards carried il
TO Mexico. aud in very sl'nrt time three
aud half miliuns Of people pcrished IN
that Kingdom alone. among them the
brother and successor of the brave but
unfortunate il"nt. yuma. Whole tribes o!
lndians have been swept out of existence
hy it. aud nearly million Of human be-.
ings pcrishcd annually of smallpox be.
fnrc the discovery of vaccination In
lI22 Lady Woril'y Montague. wife Of
the BRUSH ambassador ut Con.taniinnplc.
introduced inaenlation into ..ngland
whence it slowly spread over the world
aud to some extent mniilicd the severity
of the disease. But inuruluien IL simply
planting the seeds of the disorder II, yir.
gin s"il. and hence legislatures snon pro-
hibii.d its practice
Happily We have vaccination. not as u
remedy { far no intrIligsn, physician ever
pretended to cure small pnx. hut as u
preventive. DR.. Edward J.nncr. the
great di.covercr. after many years of H.
horious Investigate n aud experiment.
published in l79s his crlrbraicd :. In
qniry into the Causes and Effects Of Cow-
p"x." aud established these truths. viz:
Firat. That the grease or scratches in
the hccls of horses. tho eruptions some
times found on the uddcrs of cows. and
smallpox in the human being. arc modi.
6caiions Of onc and the same disease.
Second, Tha, the matter from the pus.
tulcs Of the COW, introduced Into the hu-
man circulation. will almost invariably
prevent small.p pox aud the passage Of the
small. pox through the constitution Of the
inferior animal deprivcs il of its virulencc.
and RENDERS It harmless to the human race
Third. That cowpox virus does net de-
tcriorste in trausn,ission from one indi.
vidnnl To another.
Fourth Small. pox 10 communicable
from msn to msn by contagious influence
aud 1t considerable distances. but from
tho inferior animal 10 mau, only BY iu-
PRODUCTION into the circulation.
Fifth That to insure perfect protection
every child born into the world should be
vsccinsled before si1 months of age again
at Of sfsr puberty. and sgain upon the
occurseuec of On epidemic 1t small l-pox.
swo or three Insertions being made In -
many different localities.
Sixth. Thst vaccine matter will not
transmit from one person TO another any
other constitutional or hereditary disease.
The records Of nations abound In tsb-
nlar testimonies to the above sseifed facts.
Hmpsscrs. king. and poseniatss. By royal