Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-07-28

care the" children varcinatedw
SAL, q pl.y>,rian Of the Health Depart
mrnt' v:lrrnat' m corps ~ the elderly
doctor in charge Uf the institution he
was visiting.
The arr.' responded the elderly
imam Of phy~ic.
"Bu; where are the marks on their
arms
"ih"rr are none"
You v1ccilalr them on their legs
$50. thcv -walicWr,l il. sad the
elder with u bland smile.
Then doctor, regarded each other.
on ore side with Amusement. on the
othc. with i defiant c0n-riou>n,.sS of
virtue AMI an upright mind The vac
ci..iiEg ,:.'c:Ur WAS narrowed up by
awiu! thna-htI of children lunrhing on
quilts and IVORY points. BIT the swal-
lowing doctor kindly c1mr to his aid
by producing bottle of small white
loIcn1cs. These are what | rive"
he SAID. "Thcr contain q very high
attenuation of the matter from a small
poN possible, and, if swallowed, they
not only cure bat prevent smallpox.
The speaker was :. Swan, who Is in
ch:r.c of the .'llou-c OF the Holy Fam
ilv." in Second Avenue, near Eighth
Street This is Il Roman Catholic char
liable Institution for children whose
parents are unable or unfit to care for
them. II contains at present about
two hundred YonnI girls, between the
ages Of FIVE and seventeen. \ short
time since it was reported to the Health
Board that there was Il ease of small
poX in the home. Aphysician was sent
up. and found that the sickness was
not 4 case OF smallpox. He also found
that both Mrs. Starr, Il wealthy lady
who is interested in the institution. and
DR.. Swan was strongly opposed to the
ordinary method of vaccination, and
were firm believers in the efficacy of
small poX virus taking internally. Sub
Scqucntiv DR. Day went there, bat failed
To see Mrs. Starr, and finding that many
OF the children were absolutely unvac-
cinatcd and without protection from
smallpox. Dr. j. b. Taylor, the Chief
of the Vaccination Bureau, visited the
home and vaccinated twenty-five chill
dren. DR. Swan courleously consented.
bht iitiii w ms tut'i AllS tiitoi
his lozenycS. however, are better for
ornamen, than for use. In every case
the vaccination took thoroughly. show
Ing that these little girls would have
fallen victims to smallpox had they
been exposed. Dr.. Swan, although
nominally homeopathic physician. is
not considered regular homrpath. if
the expression is allowable. and he
carries the EXTREMIST views of Hahne-
mann i'll his last days 10 the farthcst
point. His process of preparing the
lozen~cs showed the attenuation doc
trinc carried out to It's last limit. He
obtained Ole drop of matter from a
pustule on Il person i'll with the small
poX. This was diluted with one nun
dred drops of water. Then drop of
this solution was diluted with one hum
dred drops OF water. and the process
continued until about the millionth part
was reached. Then, procuring little
sugar pellets or lOlengeS, he placed IA
drop Of this very much weakened water
with a glass rod on each lozenge 1t is
needless to say that neither in taste.
smell, appearance, or effect do these
lozengcS differ from powdered sugar.
Dr.Swan said that any one taking these
lozcnges would be ill soor afterward
with IL very mild form of variolod. A
bottle of them has been procured at the
Health Department, and they have been
freely swallowed by various persons
without effect There have been strong
expressions OF opinion. however. in re-
regard to the danger of leaving children
exposed to smallpox through the mis-
taken ideas of their guardians. T.
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