Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-25
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FOR the IimeS-ReDuDitCan.
Eldora, Feb. ga mayor of an low;
town, a young man who takes pride il
his work. recently told the writer of
4 noticeable thing III the line of vaccina
ton that has occurred In his town IT.
good reading for those of our citizens
who do not believe in vaccination ;hos,
who would as soon have smallpox "a
be vaccinated." 1t seems that the doc
tors OF that town vaccinate on Slight,
/ different plans. Doctor No. l. first rub:
| the place on the arm or elsewhere OF
the body with some antiseptic solution
then after the vaccination, he insists OF
/ the drying of the scarifed place, ther
he places over the wound a plaster witt
{. hole in 1t, this covered with an oilec
| transparent cloth, the whole bound or
the arm with strips of sticking plaster
Then the patient Is warned not to ALLOW
any irritating under or outer wear tc
touch the vaccination, and on no ac-
count to disturb it or allow it to be
broken open. And here is the result
Not case of sickness or bad arm
has been reported where these direc-
tons have been carefully carried out
Doctor No. 2, scrapes the arm, applies
the vaccine points, and pulls down the
sleeve. with the remark so cents
please" And our observing Mayor says
this doctor has had several cases OF
bad arms" and has been called in to
attend children, who We're feverish and
in bed. These doctors obtain their vac
cine points from the same place.
So it would seem that here is an IL
lustration of the claim of the Illinois
state board of health. /. e.. that there is
not on record any bad results from vac
cination, where the operation on the
skin surface has been covered or the
scab not broken. Put it another way,
If the vaccinated wound is projected
from the invasion of injurious microbes,
no harm comes from vaccination. 1t is
now we'll proven, that in the cases of
tetanus or lockjaw In New Jersey, the
trouble came not from vaccination, but
from the vaccinated part being open
and ready for innoculation from the te-
tanus bacilli
Yesterday at the hotel dinner table,
one travelling man remarked that he
had not been vaccinated. would not be,
or allow any of his family to be. And
some of us present thought he was only
exercising the rights of an American
citizen. But what about our rights? We
know we could not take smallpox from
his vaccination, we might take small
pox from him. And the landlord, more
expressive than polite, said Some d
fool like that may cost me $500, by
coming here with smallpox, and causing,
my hotel to be shut up" The writer
does not believe in any travelling man
being compelled to be vaccinated, but
does believe in recognizing the rights of
other men who travel on the road to get
a living for themselves and family. and
that every employer of travelling men
should give their representatives a va
cation without pay. who refuse to vac
cinated.
To show what one such man can do.
how one man can cause others expense
and danger a travelling man, who knew
he was sick with some infectious dis
ease, and was told by doctors that he
was probably coming down with small
pox, went home and communicated the
disease TO two of his family, and these
caused three others in the neighbour
hood. He persisted in going out, and
in nearby town, gave smallpox to
furniture dealer and one of his family
also came down with the disease. A
small hoy who was in the store. also
caught the disease from the traveller
and three of his family had smallpox.
In all twenty-six cases have so far been
traced to this one man. That none
have resulted fatally is not to the credit
of this man who would not be vaccin-
ated, and who would not remain in
quarantine. But it does look as tho
twenty-siX persons had peen outraged
by his actions.
The writer was in an Iowa town the
other day where the board of health of
the town We're divided in opinion for a
name OF an infectious disease very pre-
valent. corn shelter was in opera
ton and one man working there had
what some called smallpox, but public
opinion was so divided that he was al
lowed to continue his work mixing free
ly with all of the men around the corn
shelter. Men, women and children in
this town had this disease, but the doc
tors disagreed, and vaccination and
quarantine We're laughed at A week
citizen of the town died of
Now the citizens and the an
Il smallpox believers were sure of two
things. First that a good citizen was
dead, second that he died OF smallpox.
Even the antis are sure that this man
had smallpox. And special in the
T.-R., from another town, says that
now in this infected town schools are
closed, churches have no services, quar-
antine is rigidly observed. and ell are
being vaccinated. And from a personal
once years ago the writer
will venture statement that the mer-
chants of this town are not selling 10
cents a day. Wonder If 1t would have
been good business sense to have had
vaccination, and rigid quar-
antine in this town before the citizen
died of smallpox.
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