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

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following the return OF the volunteers
this epidemic followed. Smallpox oc-
cordlng 90 the records is not so far
reaching, had 10 been So why was Mon
treal the particular center for an epl-
demic IN 1856? In this epIdemls. Osler
speaks Of 600 deaths occurring In nine
months. The State board Of health OF
Ohio reports IN A. months l,SS2 cases Of
this modified smallpox with but thirty
deaths. This mortality seems 20 Doe out
u all proportion 20 the death rate that
Is credited to smallpox In past eplQem-
les
Osler. says 1T must not be forgotten
that an unprotected person may con-
tract a very yirulent form Of the disc
ease (smalluoX) from the mild yar.o-
loid.' Why has this not been the case
In The present epidemic?
Watson says: There Is no contagon
so strong and sure as that of smallpox
and none that operates az 80 great a
distance" In Salt Lake IN the family
OF MrM., the little boy had the pre-
vailing type OF sO-called Modified
RlIaNIAAf anu llN ANNil'i fl AiNNN"l NIlA
little sister, none OF whom had ever
been yaccInated and were confined 20
the house by quarantine for three
weeks and in the closest family relation
with the little boy. (the washer-w0m3n
was also exposed. how is 10 that none
Of these contracted the disease? I'm the
family OF NJ. A.. the grandfather moth
or and five little children We're quaran-
tined with "a sick baby, none but the
grandfather and he 60 years of agel,
were successfully yacInated. Why Is
70 none OF these took the disease? Other
cases would be cited and an would
seem % refute Dr. Watsons statement
on the strength Of the c0ntagion. n this
modified smallpox Is the classical small
pox Of old with It's mortality OF % TO
80 per cent,
WHAT LAYMEN THINK.
The layman who has had smallpox IN
the past does not believe thls epidemic
is one OF smallpox. His reasons on be-
Ing asked are that these patents DO
not 20 blind, they are not sick
enough DO not stink In pustular stage,
and are not pitted when they get we'll
and none die These are crude state
mcnts, but they imply a world OF
| truth
I have questioned many that have
actually suffered from smallpox, and
few have consented 90 call this disease
smallpox. This may be- unsrIentlilci
but those who have had smallpox are
so impressed with 81 that their opinions
cannot be easily shaken ana since we
generally make our diagnosis ot most
| diseases from the statements OF the
for a knowledge OF 'hsir past ailments.
a Mormon missionary who has served
| three years in New Zealand and Aus
tralia described lisaase common TO
those countries that was called the Ma
tive poX" His description of 70 coin-
cides with the clinical history OF the
| present type OF disease. He was very
clear on the subject and claimed 10
have nursed 20 while there lie said
the natives drew sharp line between
native poX and smallpox The former,
DE said was not considered dangerous
and the treatment was like that Of
| measles
VACCINATEp AND UNVACCINAT-
ED GEL IT.
In the prevailing epidemic the vac,
cin1ted and the unyaccinated suffer
alike. II Is the opinion of the auth1ri-
ties that In an epidemic oi 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 vaccinated.
This may not c0ntra-lndicate smallpox.
but 10 has been generally accepted thar
the smallpox immune cannot be sue
cessfuliy yaccinated,
j have heard of those who have suf-
tercd from smallpox having the present
disease, namely Mrs, r. OF SprIngylie.
In casting about 10 properly diagnose
THIS disease. the query Is frequently put
thus: III this Is not smallpox. what
Us itE' This little query implies that
FIRST and foremost a doubt as 20 small
poX Is expressed, and further. that a
knowledge of the disease D. wanting.
/ am but yoicing the sentiments OF
many q thoughtful man when 1 say
That we are dealing with an entirely
unfamiliar disease The assertion has
been made that we have had other mild
epidemics of smallpox and that am epl-
deHic introduces itself in mild form
az INST and is followed by the severe
form. This / cannot ydrify In litera-
ture. No place can / find such a mild
epidemic referred TO-. Are we 20 re-
gard the mild LESSONS found in the pre-
valiius epidemic as merely incidental
and occurring along I'm smallpox as did
the profession enormously regard the
LESSONS in typhoid / cannot believe
% is SO for The accident becomes the
rule In this case
WelChs classification OF smallpox Is
as follows. "lt has been my rule 20
classify as Nari0la an unyaccinated
cases an malignant cases, aud an vac
cinatcd cases ln which the eruption
pursues its regular cause and is at
tended by secondary fever. while |
classify asvarioloid allvacicnated cases
IN which the eruption is markedly
abridged iu It's course and In which
there Is little II any secondary rise Ia
temperature.
SOME SINGULAR FEATURES.
IL Is very difficult 90 make this rule
no the present disease Thirty-two
my cases have not been yaccinated,
none had a truly secondary fever. none
were malignant And ! number among
the eight vaccinated at least two
CHowe and Bland) that were as severe
as any cases ] saw on those that
were uuvaccinated the majority were
of an exceedingly mild type IN some
cases only four or five postules appear
ing In smallpox says Welch. the
prostoation Is often extreme being out
of an proportion 90 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 TO be attacked by vertigo or SYM
cope This being the case why was
Dummy Rowan, one Of our seyerest
cases. able 90 defeat an able-bddied
prize fighter the third or fourth day
after coming from the quarantine hos
pital?
DEFINITION FOR SMALLPOX.
In looking up a definition for small
f.,v ,ga find that an authOrltV saws a. Is