The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-01-23
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,aeeination- Dr. Frisse'i" VierL
We have on our table the tlansactions
d ,he West Virginia Medical society," IN
be shape Of the papers read anu proceed'
,,; bad at their meeting IN Martihsonrg
IA Jupe last. 1t is a publication oil lou
j,odecilno pages, and II we may Dc par
jouei the remark, is got up IN the taste-
5l manner Characteristic oil WORK done IN
The elS1rLLlGEScER job printing establish
uent. Among the papers contained IN II
san interesting thesis BY Df. John FRS
ell, Of this city, entitled vaccination
Protects from Small FOX. we ihler that
he venerable Doctor was III a somewhat
critical, Il not sarcastic, state oil
mind when he sat down TO write
kb paper, for he makes considerable
d drive at the profession IN
bb preliminary remarks in regard TO the
,,,.Onsa involved in much that is pub
vs. ry'sI' .,.,.,Iovs az medical literatnre
lsuea INV" T,;, L;,,;,,, :, ,ho ~
Whether the Doc'of 10 i'i'''ns "' .i'e i"o
Is.iOn in general, or the West Virginia
S,.sty in particular, we have no means
.t.,.a.,.in;r, from his article. Int. we
Ns'''Ns ','",'I.o.sos ,ho.o ,,hor,
presume he s'lnP'S "u'' es''o 'HO'' Ao'n
i may concern, wherever they may be
,tu,ered abroad throughout the land.
II. no,Ia..,y oCr,,s b;s own paner as
He n'V1s'"' % ., ..:.,,,.t -
"caAa, ID WHICH, oy P''9'o'''ty' 'e"
C1ins Of ServiceabIe wheat may be found.
The Doctors experiences in the practice
.TL;, n,o;o,o;or ~ oivo, in the societv
" NO P'O'sf''O' ''' {, 'N ''..- N.. .a'
proceedings from year 10 YEAR are gehef'
ally interesting, and more than once we
haze given considerable extracts from
A. III. r,owo m vscc;no,;o, will we
'''I' " , N"O - -. M
douN noI' DC teSu WIN INTEREST," we
extract from them as follows:
When | commenced to practice l had
never seen case OF smallpox, and only
tpew what had learned from books and
teachers | had no experience that ena-
lid me TO know what | could do with
,he disease nroyiled should meet 1t in
RyOwn Practice. Shortly after came TO
Wheeling | visited some cases with an
Ober phSsiciau. 10 learn the physiopnomy
Of the disease. which was not pleasing.
Wheeling being a central point Tor travel
by river, National Road. and soon by rail.
rad, smallpox was often here. and, in
td, twas moi often, at that time, entirely
GEw from here. In nv earlier practice /
attended the disease only as met with in
ludabOut the city, and mostly among the
poor, sometimes had twenty or thirty
tses ia charge at one time, In sections OF
Tie CITY where il would break out among
poor families, with many children,
Who would nearly all be down
With tho disease at the same
time. During this period | yaccinated
several whole families of children with
their parents. Some Of the children were
young, some full grown: all OF them had
been vacCinated when Young. None OF
them had been yaccinated but once. In
some cases where whole families were re.
ncriuated lie following results were no.
tied: with tie Youngest children would
appear only a small and irritated point On
The arm, which would disappear In a yery
lev days; with older children the effect
Oi the vaccination would be increased !:
those from twenty TO thirty years of age
would be affected as though they Ind
never been yaccinaled. The parents
Nould often be affected about the same as
a.e o. smallpox in person who had had
%TS,'t'se gniIss Ie',, Sheh young. From these and
l4ne @ 10 rscCins,o M ss aSsrv WILL ona n,d eur, an
youUg, without reference to whether thew
iS Sad been vaccinated before, or whether
IS ny, GHu ~ nal smallpox before. Where
wVmspecsr v "nou. soi Gw ;,S Sases' III
would continue To- te,ysccinate every
NO u.,, oot three days with new and different
M i., s,..i,s,, J. " could DO procured, till the
Hound tint tho r ncw run nna S Issr sT[ss S,c"a %nen
s. s!he same time as the first ones; each
inSlnallon extending only from the start
%%spolnt to tue end OF the course, when
TTsy would oil stop and get well together.
sometimes vaccinate once after all this
S. M Oetn done to make sure that every.
.a. TRS speriecily safe. No person, after
.aailPOx. Only careless practitioners and
S.s S,s!es observers arrive at different con.
sI'Oas'
The Doctor viyes an exnerisncs that he
hd with smollno~ ~ .,,o Ch;,I"o.,1 ~
Bona ".n' 1"'".'PoN !" Tue Ohlidren
@ s1' VI ms city, some years ago. that
illustrates what is said in the extract as to
aeTOver Of vaccination IN nro,ect avoins,
&s ,n,s,I ~ na ~" IT.. " p'N,cSs ~ "s"''S' '
nv, i''I @" VI 'ne u'seaSe' mere was
r.' r, VV'NmoIion in the Home when the
aeAded disease broke out, and the in,
Hties, as well us mnny ,.o,is ,,vir, In
n. r;,s.;,., '''""' fe0sio '.'i"s ="