The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-03-19
VACCINATION IS
BY "SANITAS.'
He Tells Of His Experience as a Vac
cinator Here.
HOW TO CARE FOR THE TEETH.
Constant Attention Is Necessary 10
Beauty and HeaIth-When They
Should be Brushed - Otto
man Statistics.

The following extracts form an editor
ial in the current virginia Meui0ai
semi Monhly," are timely:
"ff il be constitutional 10 punish man
who carries about with him IA concealed
N,apon-atthougn he may not tOuch IL
while in public-it does not seem to US
that there can be any unconstitluoh-
atty in the ordinances with reference
TO compulsory vaccinations. The unVac-
cinated person who, in times OF an ePl-
demic or endemic, Is permitted 10 30
about the streets or mingle IN prolnlS-
ci4ous as-emblages IS for more dangerous
to a community than he who carries
about his person a heavily-ioaded piston
such unvaccinated person, however. un-
suspecungly he may nave been exposed
to the contagion of small pox, Is apt 10
infect and kill more susceptible people,
as he travels in street cars, or goes 10
market. or returns to duty on the street
or in the store, than IL he had deiDerate-
" fired his well-lOaded pistol at some
agressOr-s supposed or real II the I'M
vaccinated person has any common sense,
he knows he is in danger or CONTRACTING
smallpox on exposure 10 IT, ana ne a.
well knows that vaccination-repeated II
necessary, until 1t fails to take'-is as
sure "a preventative against smallpox
ms &c the properly built house against in
element weather lie who, in this day.
ignores the protective value Of thorough
vaccination against smallpox, mannesls
a degree Of ignorance that is pitiabie IN
deed
This represents the opinion Of all VINO
have truly studied the subject OF vacci-
nation from a scientific point Of view,
The results Of vaccination are too marked
to be overlooked or denied.
The writer, who was ono OF the twenty
nhvsicians appointed TO do the city vac
chatting. met with but comparatively
few absolute raffuAals. In one of the
houses. not only did the mistress reiuse'
hut prevented her servant, who was very
anxious, from being vaccnated Some
persons in refusing pointed 10 the fact
that in England, where vaccination is
compulsory. excepted those VINO de-
INJURED under the conscience clause
While true that such thing exists, yet
no person has been exempted. one VINO
claimed immunity was hailed before a
magistrate. as is the custom. and asked
10 give his conscientious scruples. lie
replied that when he was born, God had
SET no mark upon him, and he could not
therefore allow the sacriege. Needless
TO say, the magistrate ordered MN 70 De
yaccinated.
Statistics can be changed Of course to
suit the views Of various contestants OF
a question but pro-vaccinatlOn advocates
can point to 50 many results proving the
absolute correctness Of their belei. tAat
argument were merely gliding refined
gold. .-,,.,,.-,r
CARE OF THE TEETH.
Dr. Klump, a dentist Of New YORK, has
this TO say: Cleanliness, We are told, IS
next to goodness, and, II the proyerb be
true. the Importance Of well-ordered
mouth is so manifest that its 'iNory-tes-
sellated courts" should be kept sweet and
pure as a temple of worship.
The mouth is a wonderful combination
Of bones. muscles. arteries, veins, glands
and teeth: it is the organ OF taste, speech,
mastication and insalivation; the channel
through which passes all the food ana
drink necessary to sustain NE ana
much OF the air we breathe. How im-
perative. therefore, Is the necessity to
keep il in a hygenc condition, not only
for the sake Of appearance, but for heallh
and comfort You cannot expect healthy
teeth and enduring filing when the Sc
cretions of the mouth are yitiated with
decomposing food and the teeth covered
with soil most favorable for the develop
ment of bacteria.
Dental carries is generally admitted TO
be a chemico-parasitical process: flrst,
a softening Of the tissue by acid, and
then. a solution of the softened mass.
Acids in the mouth, are chiefly derived
from starchy and saccharine substances
which lodge and remain upon and In the
teeth These ferment and produce acias'
softening the tissue by their affinity for
lime salts. This softened tissue is at
tackled by bacteria, some of which ex-
crete acids. and thus the destruction
Is continued until the tooth IS lost, unless
restorative measures interfere.
Cleanliness Of the mouth is the great
preserver of the teeth. From the time
the teeth Of the pure and lovely little IN
FAINT. first make their appearance. they
should be kept clean and healthy a
tooth kept perfectly clean will not de-
cay: and the nearer we approach TO abb
solute cleanliness the less carries VIII
ensue.
II IS not unusual to see teeth poorly
organized and under unfavorable sys-
temic conditions, outlast those Of vastly