The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-04
An ACONDA NEWS.
REP ORT IS UNF0UNDED
Rumpr Is False That There Is
Smallpox in Anaconda.
NO CAUSE FOR ALARM HERE
County and City Health Authorities Are
Keeping Sharp Lookout for
the Slightest Sign OF the
Disease.

A report was in circulation about town
yesterday to the effect that there was
case of smallpox here. This rumor is
entirely without foundation and is doubt
less OF the same origin as all rumors of
that kind.
DR.. Stephens, the county health officer,
and pr. Mckenzie. the city physician,
both have their eyes sharply peeled for
the first sign Of the disease, and the mo-
ment IT sticks it's nose into Anaconda
they will take the most vigorous kind Of
measures to suppress it.
The rumor which found currency yes
terday doubtless had its origin in the fact
that there is a woman in the Indian
camp at Mill creek who has her face
powder burned, leading some one to the
belief that it was case of smallpox.
DR.. Stephens was notified of this sus-
peoted smallpox patient. He Immediately
climbed into his buggy and hurried off
down the valley. When he arrived at the
camp pf the red men he learned that one
of the squaws had been fooling with
powder fuse with a percussion cap on
the end. The squaw probably didn't know
it was loaded, SO she gently tapped it on
the soft side Of rock with the result
that the powder spluttered and fizzled
and she got most of 1t in her face.
Dr. Stephens said yesterday that DR..
Glass Of Deer Lodge, the assistant county
physician, returned to his home yester-
day morning from Helmville. where thers
are half a dozen mild cases of smallpox.
Dr. Glass reported that the patients there
were progressing as well as could be ex-
pected They will be looked after by
DR.. Glass and it will not be necessary for
DR.: STEPHENS to go to Helmvlle again,
unless the disease breaks out afresh. of
which there is not the slightest proba-
bility.
Most of the drug stores of this city
have laid in supply of vaccine virus and
are ready to supply all demands. Several
people who are good deal wiser than
whole lot of other people, were vaccinated
yesterday. Vaccination is the only pre-
vention for smallpox, and it seems strange
that people do not take advantage Of the
opportunity to be vaccinated at once. If
the vaccination takes one suffers moth
ing more than a sore arm while if it does
not take there is no inconvenience
whatever Vaccination has saved many
mans life and it reduces the risk of
contagion to a minimum. While there is
no immediate danger of smallpox in Ana
conda 1t Is nevertheless a fact that he
disease is prevalent all about here, and
no one can say when somebody might
drop into town who has been exposed.
Z IHeS nave IL DIT bulte, STedt FallS, MIS-
soula, and now 1T has broken out among
the soldiers at San Francisco. AS stated,
there is no cause for alarm here, but ev-
eryboay who is vaccnated is a mighty
sight safer than he who is not
In connection with the subject of vacci-
nation it may be stated that the popular
idea that exists that one vaccination
holds good for seven years, or any other
number of years, is fallacy. The protec-
ton afforded by vaccination may extend
throughout a lifetime, or 1t may extend
over only short period of time. Med-
cal science has not been able to discover
the duration of the period of protection
afforded by vaccination. DR.. Daniel F.
Hughes. one of the most eminent medical
men in America, says: Vaccination
should be performed at least twice in ev-
cry individual, during infancy and at pu-
berty; and it is safer to have it again
performed if special exposure be liable
or has occurred The same high author.
ity again says: 1.-The person properly
vaccinated is, as rule. protected from
an attack of smallpox, and especially
from severe or fatal attack"
Therefore it seems to be pretty sound
advice to all. old. middle-aged or young
get vaccinated
1t is a duty which every man and woman
owes to the community to promptly no.
tify the proper authorities Of any suspi-
cious disease. There may be doubt as
to the nature of an attack of disease, and
this IoGbt may lead eventually to the
death of many persons, The health Off
GERS are paid to take care of suspicious
cases and they stand ready and willing to
do so. They themselves may not be sure
of the nature of the ailment but they
will take the precaution to isolate the
patient until its character is fully estab-
lished. This will result in no harm to
anyone and the precaution may be the
means of saving an entire community
from exposure