The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-01-15

admit to the Hopital du Dey the % Alger-
ians, ard the 26 Frenchmen forming
tho detachment OF the End, 3rd and
4th companies of the End Bat
tallion of the Atm Regiment OF Zouaves
Who had submitted to the operation. Al
the expiration Of one month superficial
cicatrisation obtained by the first treat
ment allowed the greater number OF those
who had entered to leave the hospital
Only six remained, but the Others were
not long in returning, in consequence OF
the serious symptoms which manifested
themselves in every case in the most
dangerous manner with differences due to
various temperamants. In a compare
lively short period an absolute consti-
tutional syphilisation had invaded all the
organs. Every patient showed more
or less the symptoms of syphilis.
Case 10, ,215-This is from lecture to
medical students by Professor Fournier,
and the subject is Vaccinal Syp-
hills, not to be mentioned in pub
lie; as il creates alarm and brings
vaccination into discredit.' He says
Anywhere else but in this amphitheatre
l would keep myself from touching such
a su bject, for ali the discussions which we
shall have TO raise are assuredly OF ma
lure TO do disservice to vaccination
by the trouble by the alarm which
they may spread among the public,
and you know besides that, on the con-
trary, the duty of the medical man Is to
use ell his efforts to extend, to popular
ize vaccination for its inestlmable bene-
fits; to combat all the prepossessions, all
the prejudices which may do 1t harm; to
remove all the apprehensions capable OF
retarding its progress. But here the COM
position of the audience which honors
me with its attention Is OF a nature to dis
sipate my scruples in that respect. III is
that in fact am speaking to pupils who
In, N 0fl
no reason to fear that the sense OF my
words will be i'll understood or
perverted" Then the next paragraph is
on page @, the subject In 'Tne Rarity OF
Vaccine Syphilis, 'e"Is Vaccinal Syphilis
quite authenticated Is 1t absolutely de-
monstrated in spite of all the denials
which have been opposed to ity Is 1t, an
word, definitely established that
sound subject may receive syphilis by the
intermediary OF vaccine lymph taken
from syphilitic source? Yes, hundred
times, yes; and it is the demonstration of
that fact which must occupy US to begin
WITH"
That danger. surely, is quite OF a nature
TO evoke our solicitude for number of
reasons. For: 1. Every individual is
destined To undergo, one or several times
in his life, the vaccine incubation. The
danger then OF vaccinal syphilis Is en-
countered by all the world once or several
excessive and ever increasing diffusion OF
syphilis in modern societies will only in
crease numerically the risk OF that danger.
3. The syphilis which attacks subjects
quite young (that Is TO say, which invades
the organism at the usual age at which
vaccination Is practiced) Is particularly
grave, every one knows 1t, and grave TO
the extent OF terminating IL in a fatal
manner on many occasions.n On pages 10
TO 80 Prof. Fournicr describes how vacci-
nal syphilis is propogaied:-- =" Vaccinal
syphilis may be propogaied in three stages
and become public danger those three
stages are enumerated on page 20, and the
next will quote is on page %. The sub
iect Is vaccinal syphilis is not to be dis
closed. - I here are certainly many more
eases OF yaccinnl syphilis ON the cards or I'm
the memories of practitioners thaE IN the
columns OF our journals. For myself, had
] up TO his day pdblshed single one OF
the numerous case, OF this kind which
have observed, whether In my private
practice or IN the bOspital2 But how
many Of my colleagues might say ~
much There is more. The same
Tcticcnce must have sometimes
concealed important cases. For
myself a.oue had knowledge OF two ac-
tnai opiGomics OF vaccinal syphilis, which
have been kent secret and upon which.
have b en- no 10 obtain only incomplete
information, he affair having been
hrsncd m \NN.
REovDascs, Jan. u. tia5.
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