The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-01-01
VACCINATION.
A Few Points TAal Onyht TO b, Sell

Few Points That Ought 10 b. Settled.
A letter from our eruditc friend, DIR.
Lazarus. will be found under the head
OF correspondence, in which he shows
the "llcorctical basis" of vaccination
IN short, Il cause why it might be
useful. The Doctor reminds us that
the occurrence "i many cruptive few.
crs seems to confer an ln,munity
against further attacks of the same
KIND, though the :muunt of immunity
is not dependent on the sever ty of the
attack, nor the duration of the ilnmu-
nifty factor easy to- ascertain. In
other words, ifa person recover from
smallpox he is no. liable to have it
again very sooE enough there comes
~ report from Montreal of 81 girl there
that has had it twice in this epidemic,
and that is not an uniictrd-ot occur
renee hcrctoforc), bat the immunity
wears ollln time. The Doctor then
proceeds to show how certain germs
of disease are modified bv incubation
upon various animals. how in some
eases their virulencc is Increased and
in other eases diminished. lie would
have us understand !llat the SMALLPOX
germ after Il soiourn in the body of
Il COW becomes IN ldcr IN lis action,
and can then be obtained i'm form OF Il
virus suitable for usn in vaccination To
produce Il mild form of the disease in
mankind in order to ward of the more
severe forms. Easier said Than done.
What reads we'll as Il theory may
prove to he practically very difficult,
n al h.t ,,l, ,;,;,
clnation. Toward the close OF his let
ter he remarks. 'Such observations
show how li:lmy conditions remain To
be fulfilled with regard to the efficacy
and safety of vaccination" He thinks
that 1.-The qualify OF the virus can be
known only by the enlightened, pat
tent and conscientious observation of
the animal or persons from whom it is
derived" but the troublesome fact is
that under no circumstance, can the
quality of the virus and its action
upon amy particular subject be known
"Tllcrc's the rub"
What is vaccine virus? A great
deal OF it is beng rokrd into human
arms. ANA il is important that we
should know what it is. ADVERTISE
ments are numerous of "pure virus"
Tut 1t is all IL very uncera n quantity.
Even the Ecd nti Lccord has contained
complaining letters from physicians
who have round the pure" article To
produce very unfortunate cllccts-any-
thing but Il true poX-mark. One need
on y refer to past files OF medical Jour
mails To find one set OF physicians de-
nounc;ng bovine virus because of its
unreliabiily and proncncss to produce
serious inIlammations; another set
liercclf opposing arm to-arm vacaina-
ton because OF the danger of convey
ing blood disorders OF the worst kind
and nowhere can we find physician
who feels so certain Of his virus that
he would Dc willing in every instance
to guarantee or insure against evil re.
suit. In some parts OF England the
Official vaccnators have used true
smallpox pmslucs to inocul.e the
uddcr, of cows aud thus ob,a n Il pure
and >u:e virus. while the Health Board
OF Dublin has III; lc this II criminal
procedure Some claim that the only
iii virus is that obtained from Il spon-
tancouS outbreak OF cowbox, but men
cmin.n! in the french veterinary
school declare that suci, thing never
was known. .jcnncr once proclaimed
that in order to get Il reliable vaccine
one must mo 'late the uddcr OF Il
COW with The nasty pu>tular d salar. &C
oozing from the heels of 81 horse SUI
ferlng from the grease, and he further
claimed that vaccinat on was never of
any use unless accompanied by cry
sipcIa,ous eruption. Now, Here's Il
pretty mess