The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-01-12
THE IMPORTANCE OF vACCI
NATION

The following opinions in relation to |
the value of vaccination as protection |
against smallpox, viii be of special in
terest TO our readers at this time, in view
of the fact that the importance of this
duty has been so strongly urged in EN-
poria within the past week:
DR.. J. FL. Moore, of St. Louis, says:
''VaccinatIon gives perfect protection
against all-pox-and, in my opinion,
against varioloid, or modified smallpox
If repeated as often as the system is
susceptible or 1t 'takes," and this is the
true way of knowing if the system is
protected. In proof of this, ! will cite
the statistics of an eminent London ply
stefan who found in 6,000 cases of small
pox contracted after vaccination the
mortality was 214 per 100 in those who
claimed they had been vaccinated, but
had no marks; in those who hal one
/ good mark 71S per 100; those having
two good marks, "a; those having three
marks ~, and those having four or
more good marks q per cent. and the
unvaccinated 351S per hundred. Now,
if repeated vaccinations will lessen the
mortality, why not repeat it until the
disease is entirely stamped outf"
DIR. De Wolf, health commissioner of
Chicago, said to reporter. THE rea-
son why there are many light cases is
because those people have been more or
less protected by vaccination. Vaccin-
alton is the only protection, and there is
no excuse for any one not being vaccin-
ated.'
"Do you consider waco; nation an alb
sOlnte protection
YES" he answered. al consider vac
cination, as a rule, an absolute protec.
ton. II should he recent and thor
ouSh."
tsDo you think there is much danger
to the public generally from infection
being carried out ?"
81 think everybody is liable 10 have
the disease unless vaccinated. The con
tagIon is about everywhere"
do you think those coming in con
tact with patients, such as the DOCTOR
and health officers, carry contagior
1 with them so as to endanger the public
5 generally"
"To whom would they give its" saiC
? he, and then answering his own ques
e ton, he said: ITO those who are no
4 vaccinated. If so, let them die if the,
! will not be vaccinated. TheIe is, re
s peat, danger to every person not yaccin
b ated, and there is no other protection.
d. DIR. E. s. Bailey, at a recent meeting O
Chicago physicians said: THE theor.
is that the system of a person inOculatet
t with the coW-pox is subjected 10 tn
d same influences as if the patient had tn
S genuine smallpox, for the two dis
e eases present exactly similar type.
o A person once vaccinated has praC
s tically permanent protection agains
II smallpox. In the light of moder
Il science arm-tO-arm vaccination must
o given up, and bovine virus non-humaI
e. lied is the only thing to be recognized
Y 4 good cicafrix should be well indente
y with clearly defined edge, and an il
5. different cicatrix will present an Hide
r fined edge. In Ii, 900 recorded cases c
l. smallpox it had been found that th
y protection was directly in proportion I
y the character of the vaccination, ID
I proportions being 2 80 per cent. wheI
1t there were good cicatrices, and $50 pe
1t cent. where the scars were Indifferent
D. character. In England, for thirty veal
N previous to the discovery of vaccination
q the cases Of smallpox averaged 5000
lie every 1000, 900, while for twenty yeal
De following there were only 252 cases
Is every 100000. For the year endin
8. May last, the cases of smallpox anon
g vaccinated patients averaged 90 to Il
er million, while of unYaccinated patien
Is the average was 1850 to the 100000
at In some cases noted in Norwich, En-
ne land, 215 persons who had not been va
y. cinated were thoroughly exposed to IL
k disease, the result being that 200 CO..
n. tracted smallpox and forty-six die
I'd On the other hand ninety-one person
ID who had good vaccinations were I
thoroughly exposed to the infection, b
IL. only two contracted the disease, al
be then only in modified FORM"