The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-09
VACCINATION.
A Farm where the Virus is
Supplied.
Description of how Points are
Secured.

! discovered the disease on the cows udders
and found that those who MIXED cows
/ thus affected had similar scabs on their
hands and that when exposed to small pox
did not take it. This led him to expert
ment with the cow-pox virus, and from the
1 knowledge he derived from his experiments
| vaccination was given to the world, and it
is safe to say that No discovery ever made
has done more to alleviate human wee.
1t has been proven by DIR. Marscn. cele
brated English physician, from reliable
statistics set forth in his hand book on vac
| cinatien,. that one person in three would
die of smallpox without vaccination,
| while in the cases of well-vaccinated per
! sons only one in 200 will die. His ex-
periments were made in the London small
| pox hospital.
Formerly great many of the best physi
clans in the United States were opposed to
the COW -pox because of the severity of its
action, but within the last ten or twelve
years they have changed their opinion and
now a majority will vaccinate with moth
ing else. During the war great deal of
bad virus was used and the evil result
ing from it has caused people TO be more
careful. Few if any of the physicians now
use humanized virus.
The small pox scourge is prevalent in
many cities of this state, and the question
of how the necessary virus for vaccination
purposes can be obtained is becoming
necessarily very serious. In view Of this
fact the following account OF the vaccine
farm of DR.. Richard NJ Higgins. at Man
chester, Mo, from the st. Louis RepublS-
can, will be found of general interest:
There ara but
NINE NOTED VACCINE FARMS
in the United States. this being one of the
nine.
The reporter found DIR. Higgins at home,
and was kindly and cordially received by
him, and was shown over the place, |
through the various stables, sheds and pens |
where the calves are kept He established
his farm in 1875, but received very little |
encouragement for several years, from the
fact that the ST. Louis physicians, preferred |
the humanizcd crusts.
The animals used are from both sexes Of |
the bovine kind, and of any size, those I'M
der one year old being preferable from the
fact that they are not too large to handle.
The animal is caught and laid upon its
back upon frame about five feet long. |
with upright bars, to which the calls feet |
are securely tied to prevent it from either
getting up or kicking. Then the hair is
shaven from the milk glands-say on an
average of one foot square. In many cases
more surface is exposed. Then the calf Is
yir,rc 9th oil
a lancet to scarify, vaccinated. From ten
to twenty
VACCINATIONS ARE MADE. |
And these produce what are called vaccine
vesicles, and the number of good vesicles
produced depends upon circumstances, and
vary from one to twenty. The udder of
the heifer calf is used as well as the body
surrounding it. The calf is then released
and taken into warm stable where it is
tied in stall and is given plenty of good
feed and good bed. The virus is not so
good unless kept warm and clean.
The doctor said: From six to ten days
ought to produce a sore similar to that on
d child's arm. As a rule the calf will fall
off in flesh. 1t will have fever the same as
a child has about the seventh day, and will
quit eating. From the time of putting on
until taken off require from six to ten days.
make vaccine quilts and also vaccine
crusts, but not frem the same sore. The
crust comes off in about three weeks after
the vesicle is made. do not make many
crusts, but run everything into quilts be-
cause the physicians prefer quilts. have
On hand from Is to IS calves all the time
When the vaccine vesicle is in the right ,
condition the calf is again taken into the
house whore the frame is kept and thrown
lpOn its back and tied as before, when
he vesicle or sore is pinched with a pair
Of pincers and the quilts received
the vaccine matter on about
,ne fourth of an inch of the square end
The quill is previously prepared by being
'craped so as to make it clear. [ use moth
ng but quilts, mostly goose quiis, and get
ny quilts from London, The quill after
being scraped SO that the virus will show
S cut in two and thus makes two quilts, !
zach of which when cut lengthways makes
wo quill.points. The quilts as I get them !
nave been clarified especially for the pur-
bose and come in packages Of 100. / have
me man always, and sometimes three, who c
10 nothing else but prepare the quilts for
hey are of white material and the virus
Ioes not show on them unless they are
tanned with blood, pus or extrareous SUBJ
tances. Sometimes this is done and 3 t
ed horny excrescence viii be produced
IN the arm which can be readily distinguish .
d. In such case the person should be
evaccinated with good virus.
THE attendant who puts the virus on the {
uills then places them on quill holder. {,
hey are not thrown on table and are
andled very carefully. When dry they
re packed in air-tight packages, five in 7
ach bundle, and are made alright by Il
oling them in cotton and covering with ii
ubber.
The crusts are packed in alright pack
ges IN the same way. These packages are
ent by mail all through the country. d
after the calves are released they are
urned out into sheds where they are kept
nd fed well until they entirely recover,
hen they are sold to the butchers MOI
nirnals are used morethan once
] employ eight assistants, either boys or .
len. A great deal of the work can be j.
one by boy better than by a man, such
} putting the quilts into bundles, DC. a.
ave been experimenting for fvs or six
ears and / write down my results, and v
lfend some day in the future. not far dis
mt giving report to the medical frater- y
ity. 10
i started the business, because in 1872
saw the vaccine manic in 81 I,a1ris wha,, CT