The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-01-31
On q vaccipe-yirus Farm.
TUE METHOD or OBTAINING Tue LYMPH FROM
COWS.
from the Cleveland Plaindcalcr.I


Since Edward Jcnner discovered the
wonderful protective properties Of vaccine
zion in the year 1896 experience has shown
The opcration 10 be the best preventive OF
SMALLPOX known 10 the science Of mCdi-
cine. Thinking il would interest The pub
Tic 20 know how bovine virus is obtained. a
Flcindedier representative visited vaccine
farm on MAY Yield street, in East Cleveland,
was cordially received. and shown about the
farm and stables, the Doctor explaining Us
they went. Everything was arranged in
the most convenient manner possible and
kept ~ the best OF order. The operating
room where the virus is propagated is a
marvel OF skill and ingenuity and complete
in every particular. During the tour OF in
succiion the following interview took
place:
"Dcctor, il It il not q secret, will YOU
please explain your method OF propagating
vaccine virus "
"During the first four years Of my vac
cine experience used hcifer calves eXclu-
slyely. selecting the lest | could find. /
found considerable difficulty in getting
proper supplies and IN feeding them. After
considerable study OF the subject j filed a
stable with new milch COWS, with which to
sucklc them. This | soon found impractl-
aiD4f AltiiDhi htNt fdNN ilitAlhS fhN N'"0
themselves. and thus gradually iell into
the practice 81 using COW lymph. This
found 80 much more reliable and superior
10 caN lymph, end much more more easily
obtaincd, and in so much larger guam
siiies. that gradually abandoned the use OF
calves almost entirely, and for the last six
or seven years have used mich COWS eX-
clrsiyely. This believe to be the natural
3 seat OF the disease. | believe the use OF
calves, especially ii too young, results in
the degeneration Of the vaccine disease and
tn production OF what is known among
propa.ators as a strawberry eXcIcsccnce.
Ny personal process is very simple.
In order TO secure all the vaccine
when mature, and he able TO make
neat work, the most available PARTS Of the
mil. gland and adjacent TO it, are shaved
closely and spongod OH clean. Then, with
4 sharp lancet. the shGven stTiGcc i cover
ed with scariiicationS about an inch apart,
g;virg a chcsS-board appearance. Into
these LITTLE cut-surfacos small quantity OF
warn fuid-lynph, taken direct from m
animal in the next stall, is then gently but
thoroughly and persiStently rubbed until
the operator Is satisfied that the operation
has Ioen successful. The animal i, then
removed from the opeIating-stal and
placed upon IN elevated platform, with
proper accommodations, and allowed TO
remain comfortably situated until the
disease reaches its critical stage, when she
il again placed IN the Operating-Stall. This
i generally seven days from the time OF
the first operation. at this time the points
OF insertion Of the vaccinia have become
swollen and elevated, and have assumed
The appearance Of q blister with small
la .l az
pressed. The covering OF this blister or
vesicle Is then punctured or even re-
moved. This gives opportunity to gather
the Enpid contents OF the vcsicle
upon small ivory spatulas, very SINH
lar in size and shape 10 com
mon penknife blade. The serum, or
vaccine lymph, rs it is called, con-
tinucs TO he secreted for some time al
forward, and finally the secretion becomes
ihickencd and gummy, clOgging up The
mouths of the vessels and drying down
into what is known rs scae-crust or scale.
This is hard and firm enough to remove III
from four to eight days later, AZ which time
IL consists OF hair, epithelium cellmem1raue,
and other foreign material, in addition TO
the small quantity Of dry lymph
"FrOm what extent OF country DO you
receive applications for virusI :"
"Chlna on one side, England on an
other. Central America on another, and
British Columbia and Canada on the north /;
Texas, and every approachable corner
within these boundaries"
..What does your business indicate as to
the prevalence OF smallpox in this country
compared with past years."
al do not think America has ever before
been visited with such a scourge OF small
FOX"
"In how many shapes do YOU prepare
Vaccine virus: And will YOU please de-
scribe each manner of putting ii up, and
the various transformations the matter un-
dergoes from the time il is removed from
the cows udder until it is absorbed into
the human system through vaccination, eX-
planning the preparation Of points pack
ages etci"
"The ivory lancctS, after being dried
thoroughly in drying closet, are put In
packages OF ten and developed in gutta-
percha tissue or sell-Sealng water and air.
tight rubber. Sometimes in silve-cd paper
boxes and again in rubber. These are nut
into labelled envelopes on which are marked
the register Of each point contained therein.
The points that have been dipped from the
lymph OF two animals are called XX. and
are sold in packages OF ten for II. Some
are again redipped, labelled XXX, and sold
IN packages OF five for ~. The Xxx
are warranted for five days rs packages
only. The XXX are each warranted
separately for two weeks after purchase.
Having heavier coating, they keep their
vitality longer. When vaccine becomes
old IL seems TO die, so TO speak, and its use
produces no effect; or, IL any, acts very
slowly, IL sometimes being two or three
weeks before its presence becomes known.
Quilts are prepared for being charged; the
RUSSIAN quilts seem TO be the finest, on ac-
count Of the inconvenience in handling,
preparing, shipping, AID using quilts.
Capillary tubes OF fluid lymph are iilled dl-
rect from the animal and Theoretically seal
ed at once. On account Of their unrelia.
biIiiy have not prepared any for about six
years"