Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-02-22
Vaccination

Vaccination. delivered before the So
cial Science Association III fhi!a'
delphia, Jan. Is:
ain the middle of September, 1871,
it first began to be apparent that small,
pox was on the Increase IN this city,
And that the grave suspicious which
nbvsicjan. bad for SOME time enter
Gained. that it would become an epidrm,
ic. would soon be realized. AS has
been usual with other epidemic diseases,
this one found orr health authorities
totally unprrpared for its reception,
and tonight we can look back over
long array of broken home circles, and
sum up our bitter experpuce-an ex-
perience which is the more distressing
because large number of the lives
lost were sacrificed on the affairs of mis-
management, prejudice. and ignorance.
Before the introduction of vaccination
about 80 ler cent. Of all those who
were stricken with smallpox persisted.
The Board Of Health assert that the
mortality of the present epidemic is 10
per cent. This is too high by at least
10 per cent, for smallpox is now an
.a.,n,i,,,. ,,.l,;,.I, :, .,l,,o,, rrd.r h,,,,o,
oo,trnJ aud n,.ior;,,, Of rho live los,
~ !, .r. ,,o,ion sacrifices for which
49,. ,rI,Ii. ap,Iorit;.s .I,rld Iva baIl
res,on.;bJa I'M. fac, tina, b.twacn
September |, 1871, and January IS,
1872, about 1000 persons died Of IA
stric,lv nr.v.ntibIa dis.asa IN This on.
Erh,.n,.J Gin, and ,L,t ,hi, wao
nothin., ram4rkohla according to the
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ou.L,,',;., ,m.,Iin,r which ,.;,,,
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,hn os,;ms,nd yalun nr human Iifa !.
ra,, I,,, b., !, con h...nn,,,ad -, -
soIi,r, and ..n,s i, n,i.arl,, n,onan
cLamn.rs
ShorrIv altar tho enidomic annoarad
bora ,b,,,. Limbs or vim, ro,,ld Lo ,J
,,;,.1 on.' n,a, =, for,;,,n ar,;,Ia a,l
was n,,.rJr ,ynr,b1a.s. ,Ia",Lars war ra
fron, Ro.,,, anJ H., v,n. w.
s,.aL.r o.,, su,.,.,.s,,,l with ,La ,,;rns
co., Ron, l,+ c,;I.l ,.;,L ,l,a, r.,s
Nan, V,,. TL, Ln,.i,.' I,',',,L .'. '.
i i su,c.ssfnlIy ,,troduc.I i ,.r,
sovar. IN nc an,;o, and III. :, sar;on,
,h;er,;on 80 ~ ran.raI adnn,inn A.
60, Ln,,;,, ,,;r,, La, L.,n tna,,,a,;,,,l
,br,n,l, ,ha ,r,,an,>, ~ a.r.,.I ,,,,,,
hers &c ,La bnmar family i baco,,ns
mucb miI5ar ~ ;ts etT.rts Ind much
moro certain in re r..ults wi,bnn,
bavino los, any Of its sn.rifr onal;t;es
~ an,Lorit;.s orrae ,Lat vl,L aaod
human vim, ana nvarc;s;nn aIl Az i.
craa" ~ car. ,oc,.;,,o,in,, sLonId 49, !.
unsuccessful IN more than one in every
$50 insertions. The amount of To-.
norancr in regard to vaccination is tru.
~ surprising. The result is, that the
operation is often imperiectlv perform.
ed, and only partial protection is afford.
ed. The degree of protection afforded
BY vaccination varies much with the
manner in which the operation is per,
formed. II properly done it is almost
absolute. No child should be vaccin.
ated in less than four places. and in the
performance Of this operation no physi,
clan should allow himself to be inAu.
enced bv maternal SYMPATHY. OCGU0O
post.vatciual cases of small pox tabu.
lated by Mr.. Simon, 2I4 per cent. died
among those who were SAID to have
been yacciuated but could show no cica.
,riX, X per cent. of those who had one