The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1899-08-17

among tue coioteo peop'o' M"
Eczema" among bon ton "sosiety' phys'-
clans; however,
"a rose will smell az sweet
Under any other name
Small pox is the best defined OF all
fcvers due 10 the presence of microbe III
the blood. teaches bacteriology. Once
the germ enters the body, either by the
mouth. bronchial mucous membrane, or
skin. il requires precisely twelve days 10
sprout. during which time the patent
suffers from languor, lassitude, debility
nausea and vomiting pain in the loins ana
a gritty feeling in the skin. AT the END Oh
this stage Of ,rigor and aieVer'
active germ proiferation and piomaine
excreiion commence, which last threc
DAYS, then a popuiar rash makes It's APP
oearance over the face, chest and abdomen
and sometimes on the mucous membrane
of the eyes, nose, mouth and dce''"'
MANILA flor or mature in eight DAYS
c;cat,ixa,ion taking place in from seven
teen to twenty-four days. The state Oh
vital force. the amount Of germs present
in the blood, will give the type OF iever'
whether the pspulac he few ana sm"'''
constituting chickenpox, or papulae large
and numerous, constituting what Is known
a. varioloid; or larger still and more num-
erous smallpox.
In any stage Of the ailment the dlag'
,oses i easy. The nausea, vomiting, PAIN
in the Ions With gritty feeling OF the SKIN
during the twelve days when germ Is
snrou,mr: the rigors, fever, subsIdehce
If fine vomiting and loin pain lasting
three DAYS. and the popular eruption
,eculi,r odor. etc, etc. by employing a
microscope in the early stage lne
micro,occus can be detected IN the hrea'h
and urine. later on in the pusiules' MI
croc ,ccu. found in the p)stu!os Is chem-
ically, morphologically and Identical WIN
cow.nox The general treatment OF bacter-
ioloov consists in keeping the patient IN
yarn room darkencd with yellow curtains,
some yolatilzing bactericides exposed so
~ 70 keen the atmosphere filled with II,
rive fluid nourishment. and alkaline Daths
in tepid water. Aliops'hic treatment
consists of first vaccination, an operation
which consists in inserting the vaecin
virus under the cutice so that it may come
in contact with the absorbents. This is
extremely simple, and requires only a
scratch or two from the point of the quill
on the arm. above the elbow. This dis
coyerv is due to Da Jemmer, and is prac-
ticed by all alopathic Physicians, care
should he observed however that pure
fresh ouils lie used and see that each
envelope is dated. and never permit the
matter from another patients arm TO De
used, and in this way avoid the transmIs-
sion of scrofula and perhaps other poison
blood. The utility of vaccination is
mooted question, and "bOne of contention
among the different schools of medicine,
and in other matters the local and general
treatment is about as "hereinabove stated,
or words to that effect" The patient
should be placed in well ventilated room
the light excluded from the eyes, and
protected from current of air, nourish-
inc diets in liquid form are preferable,
an injection of tepid water sufficient to
clean out both rectum and colon, and
relieve the bowels. The above is about
the rist of what the doctors Of the differ
cnt schools know and practice among their
patients. "pied" for preference in selection
have no finger in the "pie." If was in
practice, | would say with Macbeth
Throw physic to the dogs, I'll none OF it,
| would advise water, Use it in disln-
fecting the soiled clothing hid away in
your bed room, and breathed deep down
in your lungs every night, use it often all
over the body for obvious reasons, use it
with Il hose in the house, in the yard, de-
LUCE the premises with it--drink il, it is
harmless. scald bed steads and blankets
with it. it is an excellent germ killer.
Impress the Importance of this new
remedy on your estate Board of Health"
The light of reason, science and expert
enee is turned on. Give US plenty Of
water and sunshine and we will depend on
the nurses for the "laying on of hands. -
more Udter. FRANK LINDSEY.