Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-04-24

FAMILY or NJ. a, the graNdidtNef, mOtn-
ar and Eve little children were quaran-
tined with "A sick baby. none but the
grandfather and he so years of age,
were successfully vacInated. Why is
it none of these took the dlsease2 other
cases would be cited and an would
seem 20 refute Dr. Wats0n's statement
on the strength Of the contagion. II this
modified smallpox Is the classical small
poX OF old with its mortality of % TO
SO per cent.
WHAT LAYMEN THINK.
The layman who has had smallpox IN
the past does not believe this epidemic
Us one OF smallpox. His reasons ou be-
Ink asked are that these patients DO
not 90 blind they are not sick
enough do not stink In pustular stage
and are not pitted when they get WELL
and none die. These are crude state
ments, but they imply q world Of
truth.
/ have questioned many that have
actually suffered from smallpox, ana
few have consented 20 call this disease
smallpox This may be unsclenunc
but those who have had smallpox are
80 impressed with 70 that their opinions
generally make our diagnosis OF most
diseases from the statements Of the
patients we should give them due credit
for knowledge of their past ailments.
a Mormon missionary who has served
three years IN New Zealand and Aus
tralla described q disease common TO
those countries that was called the ma
tive PoX." His description OF it coin
cides with the clinical history of the
present type OF disease. Tie was very
clear on the subject and claimed 20
have nursed 70 while there He said
the natives drew a sharp line between
native poX AND smallpox. The former,
Doe said. was rot considered dangerous.
and the treatment was Ike chat Of
measles,
VACCINATED AND UNyACCINAT-
ED GEL IT,
In the prevailing epidemic the vac.
ciuated ana the unyaccinatod suffer
alike. il is the opinion of the aUthori-
ties that In am epidemic of smallpox
the yaccinated are protected. though In
some cases they may contract a severe
type OF the disease and even die. This
Is Very unusual
Those that have had the prevailing
disease can be successfully yaccinated.
This may not cOntra-indicate smallpox,
but IL has been generally accepted thar
the smallpox immune cannot be sue
cesstully vacCinatel.
! have heard of those who have suf-
Tered from smallpox having the present
disease. namely Mrs r. OF Sprngyil.e.
In casting about 90 properly diagnose
ms disease, the query is frequently put
thus. IL this is not smallpox. what
is it. This little query implies that
FIRST and foremost q doubt as 90 small
puX is expressed; ana further. chat a
knowledge OF the disease is wanting.
] ann but vOicing the sentiments of
many a thoughtful man when say
thut we are dealing with du entirely
unfamiliar disease. The assertion has
been mace that We have had other mild
epidemlCs Of smallpox and that am epi-
demic introduces itself in q mild form
at first and is followed by the severe
iJrm This 1 cannot varify I'M utera.
ture. No place can ! find such mild
epidemic referred 90. Are we to re-
gard the mild LESSONS found iu the pre-
NaiiIus epidemic as merely incidental
and occurring along In smallpox as dld
the profession enormously regard the
LESSONS In typhoid? ] cannot believe
% is SO for the accident becomes the
rule IN this case
Welch's classification Of smallpox Is
as follows: "lt has been my rule 20
classify as yar.ula all unyaccindted
cases. AN malignant cases. and an vac
Ciuated cases iu which the eruption
pursues IFS regular cause and Is at
tended by secondary fever. while /
classify as yariol0id allvacicnated cases
ia which the eruption is markedly
abridged in It's course and Jon which
there IS little II any secondary rise In
temperature.
SOME SINGULAR FEATURES
Il Is very difficult 20 make this rule
do the present disease. Thirty-two
my cases have not been vaccinated
none had a truly secondary fever. none
were malignant. And ! number among
the eight yaCcinated al least two
Glove and Bland) that were as severe
as any cases / saw. or those that
were uuvacCinated the majority were
of an exceedingly mild type. IN some
cases only four or five postulos appear
Ing In smallpox says WelCh. the
prosteation Is often extreme being out
OF ali proportion 20 the length OF the
illness. Strong and robust patients are
frequently unable 90 stand without
support. and when In the. upright posi-
ton soon become pale. languid and
liable 90 be attacked by vertigo or syn
cope. This being the case why was
Dummy Rowan, one Of our severest
cases. able 90 defeat an able bodied
prize fighter the third or fourth day
after coming from the quarantine hos
pital?
DEFINITION FOR SMALLPOX
In looking up a definition for small
p0x we find that an authority says Il Is
AN acute infectious disease, character
izod by an initial fever OF about three
DAVIS duration. succeeded by an erup-
lion passing through the stages of
papule veslCle and pustule ending In
incrustation and leaving pits or scars.
me fever either lntermitting or remit
tine m the popular and Increasing In
the pustular stage.
This definition does not NJ the dis
ease we have been treating There has
been no increasing fever IN the pustular
stage and the pits or scars have not
followed.
Where the epijermus has been re-
moved a swollen portion OF the derma-
protrudes. in some cases giving the
facc "a peculiar rough appearance, AS
me endemic develops this irregularity
disappears.
The observations 7 have made lead
mo to believe that th's disease Is not
ne tvpical smallpoX-it belong 20 the
p5x family. but IL Is surely on a
relative.
INCUBATION EXPERIMENTS.
on March 30th ! iuoculated two
calves at the Ewing ranch with pus
ana scabs taken directly from patient
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