The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-01-26
THE ONLY SAFEGUARD.
Tasre IS 10 Danger from Small Pcx II
You ARE Vscctrstsd.

Tasre Is 10 Danger from small Pox II
You Are Vscctratsd.
There seems to be a 6iTererce Of
opinion among the medical fraternity
as to whi!kerthe cases Of erupti7e fever
that have occurred at Green7ille,
Spartanturg, Rock Hill, OraDgeburg
and ether places ia the State is a mild
form of smallpox or an aggravated
foom OF chickenl OK. Without under
taking to decide the question in dis
pute among the gentlemeo Of the n1edi-
cs fraternity, wethil K it best to be on
the safe side, and therefore advise all
who have not already done so to get
vaccinated at once. + it is small. .pox
this is the only safeguard against it,
and if it is calckenDcx, being vacci-
patsd will not hurt any one. TIE
GreenvilIe News says it is rot q hard.
ship 10 be vaccinated-ie may be in.
convenient for the time, but when it
is remem bered that it is the unqualified
conclusion of small pox experts and
scientists that vaccination is the only
known prevention OF the disease, The
inconvenience should oe forgotten and
all should seek to be Yaccinated. Ex-
periments have been made which are
startling in their results. In 1885 DR..
W. N. Welch delivered an address he-
fore the } Philadelphia Medical society
in which he detailed number of ex-
poriments made by smallpox experts
with vaccination. He related the fol-
loving:
Dr.. Benz amin Waterhouse, profes-
sor Of theory and practice OF medicine
in Harvard college, inoculated one Of
his sons, 5 years Of age. Ina few
days after, he 7accinated five other of
his children, among them an infant
year old. Within two months after
this vaccination ne sent the six chill
children TO the smallpox hospital at
BrookIine, where they were not only
freely exposed to the contagion of
smallpox but they were also inocu-
lated with vsriolous matter. The only
result from this crucial test was very
slight irritation at the points of the
insertion of the virus; Lnere was no
constitutional disturbance whatever.
DR.. Welch IN the same address gives
the results of an experiment by the
board of health OF Bosom. a com
mittee of seven OF the most reputable
physicians Of that city vaccinated
nineteen children at the health Office.
Within three months after the vaccina.
lion these children where sent to Nod
dies Island, smallpox station, and
were twice incculated with variolous
matter, besides being exposed for
twenty days 10 the ccn!agion, without
manifesting the slightest indlsposition.
The committee Of physicians who
carefully watched the development of
this Experiment, made the following
report 70 the.board of health:
''jle COW pox prevented their tax
ing he smal!-p and they do there-
fore consider the result of the expert
ment as satisfactory evidence thai the
cow pox is a complete security against
the smallpox
TIE foregoing facts, showing tho
value of vaccir alton should remove
a ~ doubts as to the necessity of using
this means for preventing loathsome
ease; but another and more remafk--
able Illustration was given by Dr..
Welsh which settles the q Iestion aud
removes all objection to vaccination.
The same committee Ct physicians
of Boston made an experiment which
Is almost romantic IN It's dstalls and
showed nerve and heroism on the part
of one OF the parties to the experiment.
It was deteI mined to find some VIC
man with an infant who would be
willing for the child TO DC vacclnated
and herself have TIE smallpox The
woman was found and she heroical 2
cf=red herself and child for the ex-
pertinent. The infant was vaccinated
ard forty-sight hours afterwards It's
mother was InccuIated with small
FOX. Here is what Dr.. Welch says:
The kine-pox went on regularly in
the child, and so did the smallpox IN
the mother who sucked the child al
the time. The mother had consider
able number CT pus.uies on her body,
face and treas's; one or two OF which
were kept raw by the tender lips OF the
infant Whilo sucking; and yet the
child appeared as we'll though the
whole process as ii it had no5 been
nursed oya person stH.rlng under
10 alp *.
It may be of interest to kaow who
Dr.. Welch IS and what right he has to
speak with authority. He was for
several ) ears pl siciau in charge Of the
municipal smallpox hospital Of Pci!a-
delphia snd probably has hao as much
experience in handling small pox IS
anY physician living or dead. l. Is
the duty of every cll zen TO be vacci.
mated. Why? Let Dr.. Welch answer.
Il. is necessary to Thoroughly pro.
ct tie Individual snd coz muLily."
AFoo.s Logtc.
la the same column csrtain crean
tells the workirgman that if he votes
for Bryan he will vote II per ceLt. of
his wages into the pocke!s Of mine
owners, and that he will vote to DC
precia:e not only the sI.v=r doliar but
all the currency to So cents on the del
lar. How can free silver coinage pu5y
At per cent. of eacn dollar 3iu. icso4
the pocket OF. the silver miner and at
the same time reduce the value Of The
silver dollar and all the currency de-
pendent upon il to the value cf So
cents?
Any schooltoy can figure out that
il the value of the silver dollar Gepre-
ciales to 50 cents O. anything lsss than
It's fac9 value tie minsr cannot make
II cents by its free ctiasGe at the
uints o., to put it the other way,
if tle miner masses AZ cents, the Ta!u5
Of tie silver dollar will have 10 be