Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-01-18
Small Pox-Dr. Jenner.

naa, LoulsGitle ana other Sec
t'ops, Is creating some aaeasinesS
IN the minds of mary who have
wisely resortedto vaccination to
escape Infection ef this dreaded |
m1lady; while others experience
no anxiety tfgnngh tear o: an at,
tack, and ran The rirh Of conta.
glOn when in communities where
the disease prevails. =
The New York Board Of Health
has called attention to the fact
that Of 900 persons vacciuated,
there has not been a single case Of
smallpox or vario!oid.
Small ox is very contagious
disorder and much dreaded by rea-
son Of Its diShsuring the features
Of those who fall victims to its
ravsges. But it is not SO fatal as
the cholera or yellow fever, which
at times threaten TO overlap the
bounds Of the Eastern and South.
ern guarantees, but by prompt
and skillful action OF sanitary Of.
fcials the evil is kept at bay.
Happily, there is means Of
rendering smallpox innocuoup,
and some account Of the origin of
vaccination will claim attention at
this time.
Those who are of the opinion
that Education augments crime
and misery, are doubtless igno-
rant of the fact that il was by the
exercise of many OF the best pow.
ers OF ao educated mind which
brought to light knowledge OF an
opposing force capable of dimiu.
ishing and subduing q fearful pes
thence
Edward Jenner, we are told,
made the greatest triumph ever
yet achieved over disease, and his
name should be made familiar to
every inhabitant in the land
This beneiactor of the land was
born at BerkIey, England, in
lT49. From early youth lie
possessed 4 great tondness for nat.
ural history, and pursued his e.
vorite bnhject the greater portion
Of his lie. At the usual age be
was appreaticc'l TO q surgeon.
One day he heard a country-wo-
man, employed as mixer in q
dairy, incidentally remark in her
masters surgery that she had no
fears Of cQt> hing the small pox, rs
she had taken The cow-pox. Tits
was the prime cause that led Jen.
ner to investigate the nature of
the latter disease. During his
residencein London, he arranged
the specimens Of natural history
collected by J. Banks, during
Cooks first voyage, and 50 well
executed the task, he was offered
the situation of naturalist on
Cooks second expedition, which
he declined. A lucrative appoint.
ment in India was also offered
him. In ITS, an intimate friend
Of his proposed establishing
school of natural history, includ-
i0g medicine, in london, but pre-.
terring the seclasion of a country
practice and the pleasures of a.
country lie, to toiling for fame in
more busy sphere, he rejected
both offers for the purpose, 1t is
Thought, TO carry out his ideas on
the subject Of vaccination, which
then occupied his mind.
DIR. Jenner soon acquired an ex.
tensive surgical practice, and
wrote s,me valuable papers for
two medical societies of which he
was a member. lie contributed
80 extensively on the subject Of
oow-pox that his brethren ridi-
culed bis ideas and voted il a for.
hidden topic.
The practice Of innocuIation
bad been known in Turkey, and
it was found that the disease pro-
duced arti6cially was less violent
than the Casual disorder. 1t was
tried in England in 1921, on a.
number Of criminals, and after
wards the children of the Royal
family were inoculated. But III.
oculation never became universal,
because its fallacy was not abated
to such an extent as was hoped.
The circumstance which led
Jenncr to study the nature Of oow-
pox, the reader has been informed.
This disease, il is said, makes its
appearance on tho animals udder,
from which mixers take the in
fiction. Small sores break out in
other parts of the body, a light
tsYer ensues, and after few days