Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-06-10
TACCLNATION.
A Formidable Array Of Statistics Testt-
Ming to Its Useiriiness.

F0rntddbte Array Or otdttSttos xeo"-
fying to Its UsefMlness.
DR.. E. s. Bailey, Of Chicago, read
paper before medical meeting in that
city on the subiectof " Compulsory Vac
cination." He said that the origin Of
smallpox was q mystery, as it now was
purely contagious. He gave short his
tory of the disease, from the time Of its
great ravages in remote times down to
the time of the introduction Of vaccina-
ton by Jenner. The theory is that the
system Of person inoculated with the
cow-pox is subjected to the same infu-
ences as if the patient had the genu-
inc smallpox, for the two diseases pre-
sent exactly similar types. A person
once vaccinated has practically perma-
nent protection against smallpox. In
the light of modern science arm-to-arm
vaccination must be given up, and bo-
vine virus non-humanized is the only
thing to be recognized. A good citatrix
should be well indented with clearly
defined edge. and an Indifferent cicatrix
will presentan il. defnededge. In $4,000
recorded cases Of small pox, it had been
found that the protection was directly
in proportion to the character Of the vac
cination, the proportions being 2.52 per
cent. where there were good cicatrices,
and 8.82 per cent. where the scars were
indifferent in character. In England,
for thirty years previous to the discovery
Of vaccination, the cases Of smallpox
averaged 5000 to every 1000, 900, while
for twenty years following there were
only 252 cases to every 100000 For
the year ending in May last, the cases Of
smallpox among vaccinated patients
averaged ninety-two to the million, while
| Of unvaccinated patients the average was
$3.50 to the million. In some cases
noted in Norwich, England, 215 persons
who had not been vaccinated were thor
oughly exposed to the disease, the result
being that 200 contracted smallpox and
forty-six died. On the other hand
ninety-one persons who had good vac
cinations were as thoroughly exposed to
the infection, but only two contracted
the disease, and then in q modified form.
In the case of medical men, who are con-
stantly exposed, out Of fifty-seven who
had three or more good scars only two
contracted the disease, and cut 81 zof
who had Indifferent scars fo'ty-iour
, were taken with modified foSm OF the
smallpox. AS respecting tie power o.
5 vaccination to modify the fore and chaS'
acter of the disease, the English records
, before cited show that in unvacclnatet
/ patients the mortality averages from u
to 43 per cent, while among the vac
.. cinated ones the mctality is scarcel.
q more than Z per cert, and the averag
: has been as low as,2 per cent. Revac
y cination extermiates the liability t
y y renewed susceptibility, and the varyin
10 constitutions q mankind are reasons fc
y the consistert practice of frequent va
IL cination. The speaker referred to Ii
S great success attending the rules r.
questinp all children in the publ
We schools to be properly vaccinated befo
III admisance. Out Of 100000 childrt
ar in pstendance at the public schools
in Clicago during the past six years, on
w seven have had the smallpox.