Rocky Ford enterprise., 1894-02-01

parattvely recent origin. freVentlVe
inoculating with smallpox virus.
however, was known for many years
previous to the discovery OF vaccina-
tion. For several centuries small
pox was considered more than any
other pestilence the foe OF mankind,
statistics show that about one-sixth
of those attacked died, and that
many survivors were left blind, deal
and dlsfigured.
When Edward Montagu was APP
pointed English ambassador to Tur-
key, in 1716, his wife, Lady Mary,
called attention in one OF her letters,
written in l717, to the custom OF
..ingrafting" smallpox. Upon her
return to England she at once under
took the introduction OF the art into
that country, showing her absolute
faith in the operation by having her
young daughter inoculated.
In 1921, scientists having ques-
toned the expediency of the opera
tion, the government extended re-
mission to several prisoners under
sentence Of death on condition that
they would submit to the incubation.
Tho experiment proved successful
and the prisoners werc released.
Upon the strength OF this experiment
the operation was received with royal
favor the princess OF Wales having
two OF her daughters 'infected" after
the ..Tourkish method"
The efficiency of the operation in
mitigating the severity OF smallpox
was great, the mortality averaging
hut ip R,f fhnrn 10
one drawback, which was considered
fatal. However light the ingrafted
disease might be, it was still small
pox, and the more it was conveyed
in this way the more were centers of
infection multiplied, from which
those not protected were liable to
contract the disease in its most viru-
lent form.
Dr.. Edward Jenner was tho son Of
an English clergyman, born in May,
1913, at Berkeley, u village in
Gloucester. The confident assertion
of young country woman that hav-
ing had cow-poX, she was proof
against smallpox, made u lasting
impression on his mind. In his
twcnty-first year he went to London
W uulSh lllS tlCu1Cul OuuS"pAou ohuSh
DR.. John Hunter Returning after
two years he began practice in his
native village OF Berkeley. On
renewing his acquaintance with the
dairy people of the district the belief
Of an existing antagonism between
cow-pox and smallpox was again
brought to his attention.
BY degrees he accumulated suf-
ficient evidence to convince him that
there was something in it. On
May II, 1896, -Jenner made his first
vaccination on boy of s years
named James Phipps. Several weeks
afterward the boy was inoculated with
smallpox matter, and, as Jenner
had predicted, no result followed.
Within one year from the first an
nouncement of the discovery seventy
OF the leading physicians OF London
signed declaration of their absolute
confidence in it.
In spite OF this the discovery was
not generally accepted without much
opposition. Jenner, his system and
all who adopted it were made the
butt of attacks hardly equaled in ex-
travagance by any in the history Of
medicine. When he persisted in
pressing the consideration OF vaccin
alton on a medical society OF which
he was a member, he was threatened
with expulsion. Jenner and his fol-
lowers were denounced as ouacks.
The so.called school OF orthodoxy
consisted of those practitioners who
still adhered to incubation.
A nathan pon nj aina6 TINT Since
her daughter had been vaccinated
she coughed like q COW and that hair
had grown all over her body. 1t is
also said that vaccination had been
discontinued in one country district,
because those who had been inocu-
lated with vaccine virus "bellowed
like bulls"
In 1900 the practice was intro
duced into this country. and six
years after it was first made public
the knowledge and practice of this
operation had spread over the entire
world.
In Russia the empress gave the
name of "Vaccinoff" to the first child
vaccinated and made its education u
public charge. Many honors were
conferred On Jenner by foreign
courts, The anniversary of his birth
and that of his first vaccination were
for many years celebrated in Ger
many as feast days. In 1902 parlia-
ment voted him $4,000, and five
years later 100000 more. He died
of apoplcxy in 1928. and his re-
mains were laid in the parish church
OF Perkeley. The following epitaph
is inscribed on his tomb:
Within this tomb hath found re ,tiny place
The great physician OF the human race
Immortal Jenncr! whose gigantic mind
Brought life and health to more than half
mankind.
Let rescued infancy his worth proclaim,
And lisp out blessings on his honored name;
And radiant beauty drop one grIteful tear,
For beauty's truest friend lies buried here.
Nowadays the old-fashioned method
of arm to arm vaccination is no
longer practiced, as there is always
more or less danger of transmitting
! disease from one to another. The
virus, as generally used now, is OBJ
tanned from young hcifers. Quill
slips are charged with it, each slip
receiving enough matter for one in
+ oculation. Points of ivory are
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