The Republican journal., 1885-09-24
Small PoX.


tretion. The specific poison which is the
cause of the disease is very active
momentary exposure to if will often re-
sult in Producing small poX in the un-
protected. ana the vitality of the inlee-
tion, under certain circumstances. is
capable Of being preserved a long time.
The disease is dangerous and loathsome
in the extreme, giving a high death rate
i'm the unvaccinatrd and bj9eouslv dis
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The present generation from its own
observation can Nave nd adeonare. con-
cn,,io, of tba rar,it,lo do,,as+at,o,, ,,,,;oh
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tA'' Ui'edSc c"u'eu peIoie 'ue u'ScoFtl9
OF vaccination. in the large cities one
Lhird of tie deaths in children under ten
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->'V " "o'a''' passed. ~ Nl'ich -iiiS
| disease dld Eot declmatc the inhabitants
in one country Or another. Or over great
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more uleaut0 th"H lhe pIaEut-
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W '''i' '''ii' f'''"'' to f"''''" pei 'SIi-
eu yearly from the same scourge.
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from ainaI' poA was formerly 2,o43 In the
, million Of population, the annual mortal :
i'm, f,um +ha eon,o con,o ooo,inod IN az
t.erara If ~ in the million from I3tG
RI $50 nrdqr tbn n5Ananre # General
acrin.tinn h, U4rii,, tba ro,lnn+i| was
trnm 2 10 to rs. in Cnnenhauan from
| ! 600 In o0O
These t.rts win oi,a me so,na idaa ot
the benefit which has been conferred
mann hnmanif, nv varrinatinn Withnnt
H.. ,,.o+acti,,,, ,-I,ioh j. on,,.,ls roor1,. If
not auitc, tbe nlden. f4artul rate Of nor
fali,' vn,ld in the course If , ,5o,,ar.,ti,,,
ar tWo NJ r4s+orrd (Ieanlin4s. .nd thn
observance M thn C,a,,o,.,I laus or Lnalrb
mieht avail a hftIe lint only = little in
restrictino This disease which seems ia
have its heino always in Infection
In community or town well and
thorouohlv vaccuated there vnlld hn no
p0ssibilitI of = seriols extension nf small
box. NEGLECT Of this pratection has. even
in recent wears sometimes led ro very
disastrous and unurofifahle results. Surn
N course in Philajcluhja in the winter OF
1871 > cost rhr city in lives aud naral,zad
business twenty rillinn dollars. Ana
~geh NEGLECT ot ,arrinatiun In Montreal
Is at The urpScnr lime imEusinr a heavy
ItraiN Oh that city and lbs su1rOmdiuu
I,ruyincr and at the same fimc sr,ious-
h fuIratelipp thp Npw Fnulani o7at4s
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NC aiI-IlQoltaht preventive measure
Is vaccination. IN the lace OF tie disease,
vaccination, isolation and dlsnfectIon
must 20 hahd III hand,
Every child should be Tacclnated i'll lis
earliest year, preferably before SIX
months OF age, and in case of danger OF
infection, the vaccination should be done
at once, no matter now young the child
IS. Vaccination should be done again
before puberty, and better before ten OF
twelve years Of age. Afterwards vacci-
nation should be Nted as often as every
slX or seven years, or ottener If the per
son Is subjected to probable danger o.
small poA contagion.
NaccInation should be done only by
competent physicians, and only witt
vaccine virus ofundoubted reliability anC
purity, otherwise a sense Of security is
often felt when in fact protection is moi
obtained.
should vaccination be made in Only
one place, OF IN several! is sometimes
asked. The following based Upon tho
examination of 5000 cases of small pol
in England, answers the question strong.
y in favor Of inserting the virus in sew
eral places in the arm.
Percentage Of deaths in:
Unvaccnated. % per cent.
2-Naccinated:
Having one vaccine scar, 7.73 per cent