The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1882-02-09

f1iu oAe couIu unu Tue routing platforms OF I'll
great guns under the shadow of the CROWN
corn. Blessed Peace is trying to hide an
cover up the scars of bloody War.
On a Vaccine Virus Farm.
From the Cleveland PIaindealerl
Since Edward Jenner discovered the won
derful protective properties of vaccination il
the year 1896 experience has shown the oper
alton to be the best preventive of smallpox
| known to the science of medicine. Thinking
1t would interest the public to know how bo
vine virus is obtained, a Plaindealer represen
tatlVe visited vaccine farm on .Mayfeld
street, in East Cleveland, was cordially re-
celyed, and shown about the farm and stables
the Doctor explaining as they went Every
thing was arranged in the most convenient
manner possible and kept in the best of order
The operating room where the virus is propa-
gated is a marvel of skill and ingenuity and
| complete in every particular During the tour
OF inspection the following interview took
place:
doctor, if it is not secret, will you please
explain your method of propagating vaccine
virus 2"
During the first four years of my vaccine
experience used heifer calves exclusively, Sc
lectlng the best could find | found consid-
erabie difficulty in getting proper supplies and
in feeding them. After considerable study of
the subject, filled stable with new mich
cows, with which to suckle them This l soon
found impracticable without first vaccinating
the COWS themselves, and thus l gradually fell
into the practice of using COW lymph, This
found to be SO much more reliable and SUI
perior to calf lymph and much more easily OBJ
tanned, and in so much larger quantities, that
gradually abandoned the use OF calves al
most exclusively. This l believe to be the
natural seat of the disease. I believe the use
of calves especially if too young, results in
the degeneration of the vaccine disease and
the production of what is known among prop
agators as strawberry excrescence. My per-
sonal process is very simple In order to Sc
cure all the vaccine when mature, and be able
to make neat work, the most available parts
of the milk gland, and adjacent to it, are
shaved closely and sponged of clean Then,
with asharp lancet, the shaver surface is COW
cred with scarifcations about nm inch apart,
giving chess-board appearance. Into these
little cut-surfaces a small quantity of warm
1uid-lymph, taken direct from au animal in
the next stall is then gently but thoroughly
and persistently rubbed until the operator is
caticfia 6 haf Tbo boc
full. The animal is then removed from the
operating-stal and placed upon AN elevated
platform, with proper accommodations, and
allowed to remain comfortably situated until
the disease reaches its critical stage, when she
is again placed in the operating-stall This is
generally seven days from the time of the first
operation. At this time the points of inser.
ton of the vaccinia have become swollen and
elevated, and have assumed the appearance OF
blister with a small brown spot in the CEN
tire which is depressed. The covering of the
blister or vesicle is then punctured or even re-
moved. This gives opportunity to gather the
limpid contents of the vesicle upon small ivory
spatulas, very similar in size and shape to
common penknife blade. The serum, or vac
cine lymph, as it is called continues to be
secreted for some time afterward, and finally
the secretion becomes thckened and gummy
cloggng up the mouths of the vessels and dry
ing down into what is known as scale-crust
or scale. This is hard and firm enough to re-
move in from fonr to eight days later, at
which time it consists of hair epithelium cell
membrane, and other foreign materiai, in adj
dition to the small quantity of dry lymph"
"From what extent of country do you re-
ceive applications tor virus %
"China on one side, England on another
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 small pox in this country COM
pared with past years."
Il do not think America has ever before
been visited with such scouge of smallpox"
"In how many shapes do you prepare vac
cine virus? And will you please describe
each manner of putting it up. and the various
time it is removed from the cows udder until
it is absorbed into the human system through
vaccination, explaining the preparation of
points, packages etc. ?"
"The ivory lancets. after being dried thor
oughly in drying closet, are put in packages
of ten and enveloped in gutta- percha tissue or
self water and air-tight rubber Sometimes
in slvered paper-boxes and again in rubber
These are put into labelled envelopes on
which are marked the register of each point
dipped from the lymph oftwo animalsare called
XXX and are sold in packages often for 81. Some
! are again re-dipped, labelled XXX, and sold
| in packages of five for 81. The Xxx are war
ranted for five days as packages only. The
| xxx are each warranted separately for two
| weeks after purchase. Having heavier coat
| ing, they keep their vitality longer When
| vaccine becomes old it seems to die, so to
speak, and its use produces no effect; or, if
any, acts very slowly, it sometimes being two
or three weeks before its presence becomes
known. Quilts are prepared for being charg-
ed the Russian quilts seem to be the finest,
on account of the inconvenience in handling,
preparing, slipping, and using quilts. Cap1l-
larry tubes of fluid lymph are filled direct from
the animal and Theoretically sealed at once,
On account of their unreliability haze not
prepared any for about six years
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According to Edward Everett Hale, a
rich. fond, and foolish old man gave his