Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-11-05

to obtain NICE CosaO' t..:.
an animal to be in . very good conailio1
AZ regards health. as an Impoverished anu
sickly animal is very difficult to get goou
lymph from. We must avoid al s.iu
diseases, and next select an amman VITA
smooth, glossy hair. and under nve years
old. il possible. The natural habitat Oh
cowpox is upon the milk heifer. however
and not the calf. although both are used.
Il becomes necessary that the physician
producing vaccine virus for the profession
should have his operating stables lmmed.
lately under his control and observation,
for this is business that requires unnag-
oino attention. Itisimperatively necessary
Also that there should be in connection
with his operating stables farm in which
the animals. prior to the propagatlng pro-
cess should be we'll cared for.
THE ANIMALS NEVER SUFFER
from the effects of vaccination, the deaths
being about one in 5000. and those occur
ring generally from strangulatlon. There
are many times when these animals COM
mand premium in the market. Having
selected a perfectly healthy beast, she is
vaccinated over the gluteii muscles on the
posterior portion of the hips. This part
is selected for the reason that there is less
liability for its coming into contact with
any foreign substance. During the inocu-
lation process, which lasts seven days,
the animal is kept in warm stable, pro-
perlv bedded and cared for. fed upon
English hay and clean shorts. and on the
seventh day the crust of pustule is re-
moved and is surface carefully cleaned
any debris of the stable or the pustule,
when there Immediately begins to exude
from the cellular surface lymph slightly
mixed with blood.
This first lymph is allowed to run to
waste until it becomes clear and limpid,
like water in color. 1t is then gathered
upon small ivory points" made lancet
shape for the double purpose of securing
the lymph and making the incision in the
arm of the person vaccinated. This exu-
dation OF lymph continues spontaneously
for from one half to three quarters of an
hour. 1t is then exhausted. and the same
process is continued upon another pustule,
for there are several on the same animal
until all have been treated. This finishes
our work upon that animal, she being then
exhausted Of the lymph, and she is pro-
tected against any further vaccination
either by accident or intent. For the ope-
ration the yearling is led alongside of an
adjustable table and strapped to it, after
which the table and calf are both raised to
a horizontal position and then are sub
jected to the operation. A very success
full operation upon healthy animal will
yield varying amount of lymph, from
1000 to 20OO points.
The physician is always forced to be al
ways ready for emergencies, for his pro-
duct must be fresh and at all times in
quantity sufficient to supply the demand.
This is somewhat difficult when so much
virus must be thrown away, for the reason
that we must wait seven days from the
time the animal is vaccinated to the time
she natures. Larger animals are operated
upon through different method. Being
too large for table. they are led into a
sort stanchion which braces them on all
sides. and the operation is performed upon
them and the lymph gathered while in a
standing position. The normal tempera-
ture of the animal in health is 100 l-2 de-
grees, and at the height of the disease it
RISES One OR Two DEGREES,
not, hewever. occasioning any discomfort
to the animal. or preventing it from eat
ing and drinking. 1t is often the case in
epidemic times that the physician must
vaccinate from three to FIVE animals day
in order to supply the demand. After the
"point" is charged from the animal it is
placed in sort of ventilating rack to dry.
as heat renders it inert. The "points''
are then placed for ordinary use in small
round metal boxes packed with wool. and
are shipped to the physicians, always, as
rule. going through the mails. A days
mail may represent every State in the
Union, and often does.
In order that you may better understand
the matter will show you the process in
practical operation, said the doctor, as he
conducted the interviewer to the operating
stables near by. Entering what one might
take to be an ordinary Westinghouse or
the headquarters of some light mercantile
establishment, an interesting scene was re-
revealed. Standing in two rows were to be
seen number of fine-looking cattle held in
position by the stanch;os before described.
Some of them were lazily chewing hay.
and all appeared sleek and glossy and
contented. The lymph pestules on differ
ent ones were in all stages of develop
ment, from one to seven days. and some
of them had not been treated to the vac.
cination process.
There was one which had served its
purpose and was of no further use as a
producer of vaccine virus, and there were
two others which had arrived at the re-
quired stage of development and were be-
ing operated upon by the employees. The
little ivory slivers. looking for all the
world like miniature paper-cutters, were
applied to the gelatinous matter of the
pustule so that both sides OF the pointed
end were covered. They were then placed
obliquely upon a large, round wooden
disc with a series of grooved circles in it
to admit the free passage of air. They
were then ready for the drying rack, and
presented an appearance very suggestive
of the rapidly revolving .pin-wheel" in
which the small boy delights on the night
of the glorious fourth. Everything was as
neat as dairy, and the presence OF ami
mails would hardly be suspected were they
not to be seen.
These cattle, said the doctor, are kept
upon our large farm at Revere, and
brought in as occasion requires. The to-
tai number which we have vaccinated
since 1871 is now $500.
Proceeding to the upper story the stock
room was first inspected. Here was
found
The DRYING-RACK.
in which tho lvmph on tho s.po;pts,, ,ros