Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1901-11-29
CASE OF SMALL POX
George Sherwin, 10, III at His
Home on Frost Street.

All Possible Precautions Taken to
Prevent the Disease from Spreading
Young Sherwin Came from Al.
bany, N. ", Last Week.
After a period of eight years Brattle-
borO has another genuine case of small
pOX, George Sherwin, 1S, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Herbert S. Sherwin of rs
Frost street, being i'll with the disease
His father is a member of the firm
of Rockwell & Sherwin. The young
man is comfortable, and if no compli-
cations set in he will recover. He has
been a student in the Albany Business
College and on Monday he came to
Brattleboro on receiving news of the
death of his grandfather in Grafton.
On Wednesday he started for Grafton
to attend the funeral, going to Bel
lows Falls and from there to Saxtons
River on an electric car. He returned
home after the funeral and on Fri
day he was not Telling well.
A physician was called Friday even
ing, and at that time small pimples had
appeared on the young mans chest and
near the edge of the hair on his head,
presenting an appearance similar to
possible to tell the exact nature of the
disease, but the physician was sus-
picious and Immediately quarantined
the house. On the next night small
pox eruptions were clearly defined and
as soon as possible thereafter notices
were posted at both ends Of the street
stating that the street was closed.
Sherwin was vaccinated at the time
Of hn in Ura 1nh
eight years ago, and 1t is well that he
was, for although he is doing well and
although the case is comparatively
mild he has really been seriously i'll,
and had he not been vaccinated the
chances would have been against his
recovery. His face is comparatively
free from eruptions and will therefore
have but few pit marks, but his chest
is covered with sores, and If the public
could see them general vaccination
would certainly result. Sherwin is
being cared for by his parents, Miss
Fannie L. Hitchcock, who boards with
! them. and S. ]. Jones, who lives up
stairs in the same house. The quaran-
tine is being observed strictly. and
none of the persons in the house have
| been out since the disease first ap-
| peared.
The danger to the young man is
| practically over, but it will be four
weeks before the danger of contagion
will be passed. The danger to persons
who met Sherwin in Bellows Falls.
! Saxtons River and Grafton is slight,
but the precaution has been taken to
! have those who attended the funeral
vaccinated as far as possible. One
man who went from the funeral to
! Boston was notified by telegraph of
! the appearance of the disease. and
probably has been vaccinated. Small
pox Is not communicated until the
eruptions form into pustules, and in
this case there were no pustules until
after Sherwin arrived at his home on
his return from Grafton. For this rea
son the physicians do not expect a
spread of the disease.
The people in the house with Sher
win have been vaccinated twice since
Sunday and will be vaccinated again
today. incubation from small poS
virus. IL the virus is administered In
time. takes place before the disease
can be contracted by exposure, so that
If the virus works" on the persons
caring for Sherwin they will be i'm
mune from the disease.
1t may be well to call attention here
to a paragraph in the last report OF
DR.. A. 1. Miller. health officer printed
in the last report of the village OF
Brattleboro. The public should act or
the moral pointed out The paragraph
was as follows: Vaccination is
again urged. There occurred In
Sweden between 1774 and 1901. before
vaccination was practiced, an average
annually of 2050 deaths from small
poX per 1,000,000 Inhabitants From
1884 to 1894 the mortality (because
vaccination was obligatory averaged
two"
Attention is called to the state
board of health's circular on small pox
published in another column.