Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1882-07-25

Overcoming Ignorant Antipathy-An Es-
tabiishment for Public Vaccination.


which ought to allay at least some of
the antipathy which has proved so
troublesome and mischievous with
vaccination act. However ignorant
and stupid we may deem much
of this antipathy, it cannot be de-
MED that circumstances do now and
then arise which seem at any rate to
Justify a reluctance to comply with the
requirements of the law in this matter,
and. where we have to do with the scru-
pie of parents in regard to matters af-
fecting the health and well-being OF
their children ii is impossible to be too
careful TO avoid even the appearance OF
danger. That there is possibility OF
the transmission of human diseases by
careless arm-to-arm vaccination can not
perhaps be very confidently denied,
however absurd it may be to set up and
infinitessimal danger of this kind to the
exclusion of remedy against SO fright
full scourge as smallpox. But what
ever the danger may have been it may
hencefOrth be avoided, and children
may be vaccinated by lymph taken di-
rectly from the calf.
For this purpose the local govern
ment board have secured premises in
Lambs Conduit street, which have
been converted into very complete
and commodious establishment for pub
lie vaccination, and for maintaining 9
supply Of vaccine matter from calves
in which cOw-pOX has been generated
from case of spontaneous disease dis
covered some time ago in France. The
premises, which were formerly stables
have been rendered exceedingly wei
adapted to the purpose. There is {
large and comfortable waiting-room
behind which is another apartment di
vided into two by a wooden screen, or
one side of which candidates for vaccin
alton are operated upon, while on tn,
other the calves are dealt with. Ar
rengements have been made for a reg
ular supply of animals, each of which
is carefully examined by one of the vet
erinary inspectors of the privy council
If found perfectly healthy, it is installe,
in one of the stables, of which there ar,
four, each designed for four calves, will
a loose box for use in the event of am
one of the animals showing symptoms o
ill-health. Every Saturday morning, ant
again on Thursday, calf is brought IL
and placed upon table especially con
structed for that purpose. The top o
it is hung upon hinges, SO that it ma,
be turned up perpendicular with tn
floor. The animal is stood up againS
it, as il might be to the wall, and strap
ped to the proper position, and the Ia
BILE top swung over on its hinges an,
bolted down with the calf upon it. Th
hair from the hind part of the belly i
shaved with a razor, assisted by gOo'
lathering of soap, and the vaccination
is performed in some forty or fifty in
cisions.
1t is pretty evident that the actual op
Grafton is nothing very serious for tn
creature, which rarely betrays tn
slightest vince, though, even when un
touched, it now and again, gives vic
lent struggle by way of protest agains
its bonds. The animal performed O
Saturday is used for n supply of lymp
on the following Thursday, when anoth
er is vaccinated for use on the follow
ING Tuesday, the next da
for the reception of tn
public. From the operating rooms tn
calves are taken back to their stalls
where they fare luxuriously on hay an
milk and iinseed cake. Each animal
weighed before vaccination, and {
the end Of fortnight, when it is don
with and is about to be turned out {
the establishment, it is weighed again
and is invariably found to have incrca
ed in weight, Everything thus far hl
gone very successfully, so far as the d
rect vaccination from the calf to the HI
man patient is concerned. 1t is fonn'
however, that if the virus taken frol
the animal, ifstored, has greater ten