The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-11-22
The Vaccination Question.

often forced tO'be SatlSf1ed WITH u
suspension of Judgment, and very
often the writer who attempts TO
prove such matters makes out of
it such hodge. .podge that the
reader-tha seeker for the truth
lis often obliged TO make his
own liberal deductions as to their
veraclty. Under such sad state
of affairs it behooves the author
of this article to literally deduct
from "a Reader of the News "
previous articles and to refute his
statement.
OF course, to begin with, vac.
cination had it's beginning as ev.
erything else has, and TO give the
entire history of It's origin and
the cause of smallpox, would take
up a rather large amount of
space, as we'll as of time, In fact,
larger and greater than l care to
take, out If | were positive that
it would probably add (?) to the
already heaped up, one sided
views of ga Reader of the News, !"
would feel as though l had done
him world of good, and would
freely, willingly and cheerfully
do so. Nevertheless, only short
treatise on the subject must here
suffice.
This important discovery of
vaccination dates back to the year
1896, when a DR.. Edward Jenner,
of England, ascertained that
when cow (vacca, IN LATIN was
affected by cow-pox, and 1t was
then communicated to man, the
affection was rendered very mild
and devoid of danger, and at the
same time proved very com
plete protection against the
dreaded diseases m all-pox.
Thus, we have the assurance that
vaccination against smallpox de
peEds upon an attenuation of a
variola germ, which by passing
through the COW, limits its ener.
gies in man to the development
of local LESSONS and mild constitu.
tiOnal involvements, exempt of
every form of contagion.
Vaccination, like most other
valuable discoveries introduced
to the world, encounters bitter
prejudice and most unfair oppo-
sit,on by the ignorant or other.
wise prejudiced, but, neverthe
less, it has stood the test of a
century, has come to stay for
good, and | am sure in saying
that it's estlmable value is known
and admitted, and that its prac-
tlce is wisely and rightly permit
ted. Successful vaccinatio o n
serves as a protection against
smallpox, in that 1t renders the
person vaccinated either immune
or unsusceptible to the terrors of
that filthy disease - smallpox
Vaccination when properly per
formed and under proper condl-
tions, produces only silght dis.
order, which is attended with no
risk under ordinary circumstan
ces, and not communicable except
by direct ENGRAVING. If judi
ciously performed, it surely af
fords the mems of perhaps eradi
eating this most loathsome pestl-
lence from every we'll regulated
ommunity.
While all men OF enlightened
views support yaccination, they
also hail it's discovery as the
greatest boon conferred on man
kind for ages, aud Is only oppos-
ed now and then, and again by
their ulequals, i. O., those who
are prejudiced. l write, also, to
protest against such utterances
as appeared in the first article oi
IA Reader of the News" Ht
writes ''Next there may be q
section IN the law that may reao
) thus 'All public schools shall be
visited once month by q physl
clan appointed for the purpose
J and for the benefit of science, ht
, shall kill one child each visit, thu
{ doomed child TO be the ons stand
J ing at the foot of the class the
2 greatest number of days, and any
! teacher or mother refusing Il