The Red Cloud chief., 1885-11-06
VACCINATION.
4 Subject Whieh Ia. E--n safy Neg
l-~'-i IN To- Intt-d state.

\ subject Wi,ieh Has E~-n saS1y Neg
i-~'-i IN Ia Jnif~d state.
Oppnst.on.o acc nation rs. various
foundations, Uu' none az ono 20 mis-
ch.eyouS in IL, .iec,s and 50 reDfeh-n-
sible N is urigii y, that - forth IN the
t.. owing cXtrsc.s from Acknowledged
authorizes on tn. sub &c, 'Waa; ;
called vaccination Is. n 9 vast number
o. persons IN tie United States and the
rest Of the wor d. only 80 in name ana
not in reality" SAYS III -ha %iIarr. .'Ail
per-ons amateurs. druggist. old wOni-
en-. III dHIyes &c. are allowed 20 Vac.
c!nate IN ans way they thing proper.
and the persons operated on are con,id-
! cred yaccinaed.' says Mr.. Mar-on,
speaking OF iaccinaiion N England.
Medical NET are found 10 vary eN-
ceedingly IN their estimate nj A sat.s-
factory vaccire vcsscie and cica,riX. or
the r.verse. FOR their standard is COM
parative rather than absolute 'Thi,
l., exactly what might have been .X-
pect.d." saws Aitkin. seeing that med
zeal students are lef, 70 pick up their
knowledge Of vaccination where they
can. In tact. practical medical .duca-
ton a. our schools Of medicine mas
hitherto. or until Very recently. been
entirely nil III regard To this most i'm
portant sub Get. and no test Of knowl-
edge has eve. been applied DIR. Hen
~ A. Martin. who ha, de.o;ed 4 life
time 10 me SUB ect. says '!My
belief has Very long been tina, in no
country ha> vaccination been carried on
less sal stactoriiy than n the United
states. Not 80 lar - the percentage
v~accinnatct. for In the older STATE,
tina. is un !onbtedly iarge. but IN the
character # the vaccina, on done.
Wien We reject tia, even III our
most ~prr'entious medical college, vac
cination was not TIL lately tiAouyht
worth tea hing. and the protect on of
the peope mad 20 b. don Nv men vino
hal n-v.- learned what q pcr,ec, vac
cine vcSic.c waS. i; Is hardly n DC WON.
dered ~ shAs vaccination IN l4B1!et
has been lone very badly" And one
of the latest writers OF that suDja.5
w. A. Hardaway. NJ. d.. in 1.-The Es
sen,ials of Vaccination" saws: ~
doubt if there is a civilized land where
less is known OF the theory and practice
of a nation than in America In a
foOt-note he adds: The sub.ec; is
criminally neglected in our medical
Schools. and. being himself a profe>-
o in a leading medical college. it
must be admitted that he speaks or
oaihedra. During Ia. late epidemic the
State Board Of Health reported that i,
was notorious that many otherwise
competent and successful physicians
were practically ignorant of many Of
the most important details Of the vac
cinal process. Much of the alleged
worthlessness of virus was due to this
ignorance. and many eases Of compli.
catiOn, would doubtless have been suc-
cessiul'y avoided had the operator pos.
sesscd the necessary knowledge and
practical experience
From the foregoing the deduction is
obvious that the charges of failure Of
vaccilation a. \ projection aga pst
smallpox. and SO much of the hostility
To his measure a. Is due 10 ignorance
and unreasouing prejudice. have grown
out Of & ~culpab.e neglect of the essen
tials Of vaccination. Tor which the med
ical profession and medical teachers ara
inarily, and still very largely. re-
sponsible. Wherever vaccination il
now a skillfully and intelligen,iy per.
termed and supervised as it was by
Jenler and his immediate co-woTkers.
il secures As great 4 degree If pro,ec-
ton with rs few drawbacks and oblec.
TORS rs did their operations 1, is
the-efore the duty of medical preceptors
anc tea, hers to give the proper amount
of practical instruction concerning vac
cinition to .heir students. and of indi-
viinal practitioners TO invest the Operas
tioi with the importance. and dignity TO
which the transcen lent value OF its re-
+ entities iL-Chicdgo NeWs.