Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-19

News, ana comparisons with those des-
orlbed In standard medical works have
been followed IN other places. not per-
haps because Of his experiments. but
srom ORIGINAL endeayors TO arrive at the
truth and the results are strlkingly
similar While there are many profess
men who account FOR the differ
-1ces described. IN a more or less plaus-
lble manner. the facts are so patent
the differentiation go marked that the
subject remains open % serious dispute.
and The preponderance OF evidence goes
% show that. whether The disorder that
has re.appeared may be- called Cuban
itch. Manila itch. or by any other nome
chat sounds as sweet. 1t IL not genuine
smallpox. and there ought 20 be- no such
scare attempted as was inaugurated
tsst winter IN Utah.
This subject was recently presented
IN a very carefully prepared paper be-
fore a medical society by r. j. HapptL
ND. Of Trenton, Tenn who related
his experience with the disorder In a
large number OF cases lie thus con-
eludes his thesis. as published In the
Medical Journal OF September 8 and his
statements Of fact and the contrasts he
draws. preceding this nnal paragraph.
are worthy the careful attention OF an
reasonable members Of the medical pro-
fesslon as well as OF the public gem
srally:
"Can this disease De called vatiola
vera? The initial fever. hackache and
headache are the same. but an orupuve
diseases have the same train Of symp-
toms 10 a greater OF lesser degree In
"a large per cent OF cases of Varioll n
this stage we have nausea and yOmit-
ing, with an inlumed condition OF the
mucous membrane. whilst In this
epidemic this state Of affairs has been
The rare exception. In VarlOia the
eruption Is, as a rule, more regular IN
Us development In this ] have seen
cases as late as the sixth day with
veslcles still appearing. In variola the
eruption is as a rule In the gustulaf
stage, hemispherical In this. In the
third stage, conoidal In almost every
case. In smallpox the rule Is that the
patient begins TO fight for his life on
the eighth day but IN this he begins Ia
recover. There Is no suppurative stage
but q stage OF dessicatiOn, and when
the scales are removed by force there
are no liberated bases seen even In
the continent cases. This eruption has
never In a single case been followed
by bolls or phlegmonous swellings
which are too common In smallpox
Smallpox Is prevented by vaccination
this Is not, nor even. so far as my ex'
perlence and experiments 60 modified
AS / have seen mllder cases In IN,
same house among the unvaccinatec
than among those whose arms had Q
vaccine sore, 20 10, or even q days
old. Smallpox, as a rule, stamps rs
lndelible imprint on It's victim; II i
the exception 20 fnd one 'pitted' with
this disease, and when pitted az first
the skin rapidly becomes smooth. There
h no mortality In this disease but II
sruallpox about one-fourth OF the cases
Ale In this disease there have beer
neither complications nor sequel9, bu
In smallpox they are the rule. In th'
cases which have seen, and they have
been many. not a dose Of medicine hai
been given. Nature has not peen IN
torfered with. and all have recovered
| whether In the howell nut or cQmtorta
| bic house.
you ask what | call the disease
| / answer frankly that | do not know