The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-03-21
SMALLPOX Treatment and Remedies.

SMALLPOX Treatment and Remedies.
The following brief extract from an ar
ticle in the Boston Medical and Surgical
Journal, q very high medical authority in
this country, upon the subject of vacc:-
nation, will be read with interest.
The following propositions are offered
as matters Of belief, and seme of them as
matters of record:
lst. Without vaccination, one death in
ten from all causes would be the result of
smallpox.
ID Without vaccination, nineteen out
of twenty would have smallpox
Sd. Without vaccination, sixty-seven
per cent of all cases Of smallpox would
prove fatal
4th. With vaccination, not two per
cent. of the inhabitants will take small
pox.
5th. With vaccination, the per centage
of deaths from small pOx is only shout
eight of the two per cent. who will
take it.
9th. A larger per centage of those who
have had smallpox will have the seoond>
airy disease than of those who have been
FaCCludbCu ildE - W say HdtGiudhlOu
is a better prevention of yarioloid than
smallpox is.
7tl. Humanized virus is more likely to
take than the original virus from the COW
8th. Humanized virus, whether it takes
or not, does not produce such severe
constitutional symptoms as primary COW
virus does.
9th. 1t is not proved that either human
izad virtra oOtu i1 he
better in its protective effects.
10th. There are certain individuals
VII do not seem susceptible of Vaceins,
ton.
1Ith. There are certain individuals
who do not seem susceT tible of variOla-
10Th. The taking of smallpox after
vaccination is no proof that a second vac.
cination would have succeeded
18th. A successful re-vaccinati ton is no
proof that the individual re-vaccinated
would have taken smallpox.
Ths following are said to be infullible
| remedies for the disease; and although
we have heard Of but one or two cases of
small pOx in Savannah, yet the presence
of the disease in surrounding cities is
well know, and there is nothing lost by
prudential measures The smallpox is
no respecter of persons. 1t would be well
for our readers to cut out the following
paragraphs and preserve them for future
reference. This last remedy is also said
to cure the worst cases of scarlet fever:
When the preceding fever is at its
Insight AMI just before the eruption aps
pears, the chest is rubbed with croion oil
and tartaric acid ointment This causes
the whole of the eruption to appear on
! that part of the body to the relief of the
rest. 1t also secures a full and complete
upton, and thus prevents the disease
from attacking the internal organs. This
is now the established mode Of treatment
in the Engl sh army in China, and is re-
garded as perfect cure.
The second remedy Is as follows:
| SuIphace of zinc, one grain; fox glove -
| digitalis, one grain; half 4 teaspoonful Of
sugar; mix with two tablespoonsful OF
| water. When thoroughly mixed, add
! four ounces of water Take q spoonful
| every hour. Either disease will disap-
pear in twelve hours For child, smaller
doses, according to age. If counties
would compel their physicians to use this,
| there would be no need of pest houses
! If you value advice and experience, use
| this for that terrible disease.