Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-03-21
The OoW-Pox,
How the Vaccine Matter is Manu-.

business OF furnishing physicians
with lymph for vaccination pur,
I;oses, derived directly from heif-
.rs inoculated with the cow.pox,
finds the business growing greatly
on his hands, and the lymph ex-
traordinarily in demand, SO that
he has given up the practice,
save surgery and vaccination, and
devotes all his time and energies
so his speciality. What would
seem, at first thought, the least
possible source of inconvenience,
has proven to DR.. Martin the
must troublesome; that is, to Sc
cure a sufficient and constant sup
ply Of animals. For the purpose
Of vaccination and the supply of
lymph, only heifer calves of six
months old are used, and the ut
most care is cbserved to select 3D.
ly the healthiest aud most suita-
ble individuals. This neceBsitates
II supply of about 800 per year,
at present, and soon double that
number will be required. A semi
satirical paragraph in a New Yerk
paper recently represented that
DIR. Martin has ''shaved the alb
domen Of 3 calf, and keeps the
unhappy creature in a state of
unceasing variloid." This is not
only untrue but impossible. A
Ve.vaccination of q heller. which
has recently enjoyed a term of
the cow-pox would be Ineffective
as a similar operation on q craven
image. The term of the disease
in the tovine is less than two
weeks, and only from the sixth to
the seventh day are the pusrules
at the state required for the col,
lection of lymph. Accordingly a
fresh animal has to be brought in
TO requisition for each successive
,inoculation. The room in which
The heifers are kept is light, warm
and airy, perfectly finished room,
indeed with plastered wall and
ceiling. and the stalls are built
with a great regard to comfort and
neatness as those of gentleman s
stable. Dry saw.dust is furnished
for bedding, and the best hay
with meal mashed for food. In.
der the large south window stands
4 peculiar operating table" with
a top which folds down, two pro-
iecting arms then coming to the
floor, as forming extra legs. The
heifer selected is let out, placed
alongside this table and its fore
feet secured by fastenin s already
attached to one arm, and its hind
legs iR like manner to the other.
4 stout belt encircles its body and
the fat top of the table, and a
halter aud neck strap holds its
head in place at one corner
Then the whole top lie tilted up to
place and secured, and the bovine
martyr to science is recumbent on
one side upon the top of the ia.
bic. A portion of it's abdomen,
about the size of two tull-grown
hands, is then shaved clean, and
the vaccine virus from another
heifer, at the seventh day of the
disease, is inserted in little pune.
lures arranged in rows an inch
apart each way. The table top
is again canted down, and the lit
tie beast released and installed
till six or seven days after, when
It's vesicles are ripe for the sup
ply of lymph to another heifer
and the human race III general.
lis then repla ed on the table.
and the operator taking a box of
small ivory points, prepared for
that purpose, rack of the same
to dry off, and a pair of peculiar
shaped. slim pliers, seats himself
at the side Of the table. With
the pliers he gently sqeezes each
pustule in turn, and as the lymph
oozes forth, carefully collects it
on the ivory points. From good
yielding animal several hundred
points can be charged. This done
the heifer returns to her stall and
remains few days longer, when
the "crusts" having matured, are
carefully taken off and amounted"
in gufta percha for the use of those
physicians who prefer this form
of administration. The heifer
then, having fulfilled its mission
in the cause Of science, returns to
private life. The operation is
Conducted with ouch care to avoid
unnecessary suffering or even in
convenience to the animal, that 1t
FREQ uently goes to sleep on the ia
bile and does not eviI cs any pain
Ts agents OF the Society for the
prevention of Cruelty to Animals
,,acently visited DIR. Martin, and
sGter seeing the whole process de
claTed themselves satiftled that