Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1902-02-06
Value o. Vaecinat,on.

V6tu0 OF vaCCtnaStCH.
Dubuque Times: The Chicago de
partment OF health has circulated "a
vaccination creed which possesses
Widespread public interest at the pres
emf time. 1t read as follows:
We the undermined. hereby publicly
profess our firm belief--based upon posi-
tive Knowledge gained through wears OF
personal experience and study of SMALL
pcX and vaccination
L That true inaton-repeated until
II no longer takes always prevents
smallpox. Nothing else does
z That true Naccina,ion-that is. vacc-
nation properly done OH Il clean arm with
pure lymph and kept perfectly clean and
unbroken afterwafd--never did and never
viii make a serious sore.
q mat such vaccination leaves
other cause, which is recognizable dur
ing life and is the only conclusive evidence
OF a successful vaccination.
a. hat no untoward results ever fol-
low such vaccinations; on the other hand.
thousands of lives are annually sacrificed
through its negiect-a neglect begotten OF
want OF knowledge.
DR. Reynolds of the Chicago depart
nent has also issued for popular dis
trbution a supplement- to the creed
from which the following is extracted.
Not one OF the Ss5 cases OF smallpox dis
covered In Chicago within the last three
Years was found vs.ccinated as detineel in
the vaccination creed.
Oh the total number 3G6 never had been
Vaccinated at all though most of them
claimed that they had. Examination OF
the arms proved that these attempts at
vaccination We're failures; there was no
scar and the Patients finally admitted that
the vaccinations when performed did not
take: y failure is not Vaccinations
N6ccilaled.
or the remaining 40 cases, 26 had old.
irregular and doubtful scars said to be
the result of Vaccinations: but these we're
the sears from Infected sores or wounds
IMAM from vaccine. Nine had fair OLD
Gears OF Naccinations made from - to 40
Years lrevlcusly. Only five had TYPICAL
tcilalacteristicl scars: but these also We're
the results of vaccinations made many
years before and never Repeated. =
these 3iG persons are examples OF thou
SANDS OF others who honestly believe they
have been Naccinated. because they have
mad their arms scratched something
rubbed in and Il more or less painful sore
has resulted There is no operation so
simple and 50 safe as vaccination when
properly performed and cared for. Theye
is 10 question in which such serious re-
salts follow eareiessness and ignorance
even unto death Itself, either as 1, direct
result through poisoning of the vaccrla-
ton sore OF from smallpox through failure
4 10 secure successful protective v;tccna-
| ton. The arm should he first
| thoroughly washed WITH SOAP and water
! ftl'i tHe Si'c cI the operation then Wip9i
| viii alcohol After the vaccine spot as
dried, pin Il clean soft handkerchief or
| p!ece OF Clean soft muslin to the s!,o,litlei-
| scam of the undarshi,t 50 as to hang in
\ &ofs folds oNe. The sore and proven; the
| sleeve fran rubbing ii. This must be
changed for clean orc every day until
tie srab comes off and the surfacr il
| healed. Tie Nesiclc and resulting scah
| must not be broken or injured In any :, AZ,
| aud the arm and Its coverings must i,e
| Kept scrupuiously clean from the time II
| ll.e vaccination until 1t is we'll. =
! The rule is--repeat vaccination until the
| susceptibility to vaccine Is exhausted.
| When this Is done il is impossible to con-
tract smallpox This is the protection
given the employees of the department OF
patients and bury the dead from the dis
ease. and lin no instance among the hun
| died- 50 employed, has any one of them
! eyer contracted s.nai.,oN.
American Nictlicine, to which we are
| Indebted for these extracts, also con-
tains a paragraph from the Boston
| Me teal and Surgical Journal, stating
/ that the failure to vaccinate success
/ fully in primary cases is due almost
| Invariably to faults i'm the production.
\ storage OF distribution OF lynph and
/ that these are susceptible of lcnedy
! Tic proof cited is The statement of the
/ medical officer of the local government
4 beard OF England in his report for
| 1861 that while 3032 medical certifi-
catcs OF i!lsuseeptibility We're granted
4 In Iiff TENT pr rts Of England and Wales.
1 tie board now has record of 10,iAS
/ consecutive primary vaccinations per
! Iotnftl by their own officers. among
I which no single instance of insliscepti-
/ giiity he's been found"