The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-01-11
VACCINATION VIRUS.

VACCINATION VIRUS.
The Difference Between Human
lied and Animal Mattcr--Ilear-
ing Calves for the Purposes oil
Vaccinations 7s"
From the Brooklyn EasICl - 7s
II II bs true that what il one mans
meat is another mans poison, it Is equal
" true, Of course, that What is one mans
ljoison is another mans meat. The ax-
ION, MS amended, is fully verified in this
good city Of Brooklyn, whcrc. men arc
deriving handsome incomes from thai
most disgusting and abhorrent Of all diss
eases, smallpox. A new business os
vital importance to the community ha-
been started, and hundreds Of thouSandt
Of men, women and children arc walk
ing about with its badge on their arms.
Having got an inkling Of the fact, an
Eagle reporter was dispatched to the
headquarters Of the business, at No. Il
Hillary street, and found himself on dr.
irving there confronted by DR.. n. A.
Robbins, the presiding manager Or head
Of the firm The Doctor handed the re-
porter card, which set forth the fact
that No. II Hillary street was the, SDepot
for Supply Of Vaccine Virus, both Ami
nal and Humanized." A long conyersa-
ton followed, and the reporter herein
notes down the result OF 1t for the EN-.
lightenment and benefit OF the readers Of
the Eagle.
It's very dcsirablein a city SO large as
Brooklyn, and especially when an epi-
dcmic Of smallpox threatens, that there
should be at hand'a supply OF reliable
virus in large quantities. Up to within
the last five or six years, nothing but
humanized virus has been used in this
country. In Europe, and more especially
in France, physicians have been expert
menting with animal virus for number
of years: The reader doubtless desires to
know the difference between humanized
and animal virus. Humanized virus is
that which has been pissed from one
chiId's arm 10 another for an indefinite
number Of years. 1t may have acquired
in that time considerable impurity, which
is capable Of being transmitted by even
so small means rs vaccination. That
disease has thus resulted there can be nc
question. A gentleman resident in the
Eastern District told the writer that his
brother and five other children werev vac.
cinated at the same time with the same
humanized virus. Out Of the six child
rem five grew up with hip disease, the
Gcntlcman's brother among them.
Animal virus is that obtained from
cows or calves. Cow-pox, as it is termed
is spontaneous disease among cattle
and the virus collected from the veSicles
is capable OF being transmitted from one
animal to another by incubation. Eu'
ropcan physicians, especially the French
have demonstrated the fact that when q
human being is inoculated with cOw.pox
he is protected against smallpox just as
eilectually as when vaccinated with hui
manized virus, with this adyantage-he
possesses freedom from the possibility Of
acquiring through the incubation other
injurious maladieS. Thus there is furn'
ished variety OF virus which is certain
" free from all impurity, for il has never
been in the human system at all.
The stock OF animal virus which is sc
Justly celebrated in this country is known
a. the Bcaugency stock. 1t was discover,
cd in Beaugcncy, IN France, in 1856, and
has becntransmittcd from calf TO cal
ever since. 1t was Imported by DR.
Martin, OF Boston, and is to-day the only
stock oil animal virus in the country. A
this iuncturc. when smallpox is prcya
| lent, and when every one is thinking O
being yaccinatcd himself and having hi:
family similarly protected against the
dreadful disease, it is Of the very first i'm
no lance that there should be regular dc
pots Tor the supply OF fresh, reliable virus
in large quantities. 1t is almost impos
siblc to furnish humanized virus thus,
but wifi bovine the task is comparative
Is easy There arc bat few large dealers
however, in animal virus in the United
States. The best known are DR.. Martin
OF Boston; DR.. Foster, Of New York; DR.
Griffin, OF Fond du Lac, Wis; and DR.
Robinson, OF this city. The latter has
been for many years Surgeon to the
Brooklyn City Dispensary, and has for :
long period furnished virus TO the lOca
physicians. Tho demands upon him from
the latter and from the Board Of Health
have OF late been very large. In addition
be supplies other Health Boards, and has
correspondents in most OF the cities cas-
OF the Mississippi.
The reader will bc ready 10 ask, whence
comes his supply Of animal vaccine? lie
has farm where he raises calves on pur'
pose. and at this time he has an array o
these interesting young benefactors grow
ing up. Without describing the methoc
Of vaccinating the calves, it may be stated
that the virus ia passed from one to an
other very rapidly, and that the original
virus is from the famous Bcaugcncy stock
already referred TO. The virus is put into
quilts which are made air tight, so as tc
| hold the liquid active for many days. Tho
calves arc hot affected by the operation
They lose neither appetite nor flesh, and
when done with are transported to The
doctors farm to grow into demurc COW
hood, and furnish in due time fresh sup
ply OF calves to undergo the inoculotinl
process.