Mexico Missouri message., 1908-05-14
INTERNAL VACCINATION.
Should II Be Substituted for The
Scarification Methodl

1900 asNAh ~ h"N'.aaA'
tioni Giving internally the virus
of smallpox rs IA prophylactic after
It has been prepared, as all homeo-
/ pathic medicines are prepared, was
called in Iowa where a decision
from the supreme court was OBJ
tained in its favor, internal Vac
cination. +"
Second. lsit of any value! II has
been put to the severest tests, a
number of which are stated in a
paper read in the Bureau of Sani-
tary Science, American Institute
of Homeopathy, Jamestown, Va,
June, 1907, by Charles Woodruff
Eaton, NJ. d. ,Des Moines, Iowa.
The following copied instances
from this paper will serve as
samples of the test made:-
Mrs. \. r., aged GA, had never
been vaccinated. Found her nurs-
ing n son who was in the pustular
stage of smallpox; gave her vario-
linum. On the fifth day had a
severe general headache with tenn
perature l02.5o. The next day
one vesicle appeared on the face.
The temperature subsidized on the
5th day. She had the sole care of
her SON." (Dr. RoyaD.
Eleven that were exposed to
smallpox and were continuously in
the room with the sick were given
variolinum. Two had what /
thought to be the initial fever of
smallpox but no eruption appear
ed and in three days all the trouble
had subsidized" (Dr. Humphrey
Family of J. ). Three cases of
smallpox developed in family, two
! young men who had never been
vaccinated and the parents who
J had been vaccinated. Administer.
ed variolinum to NIL four and none
of them developed smallpox though
in constant and direct contact will
the sick members of the family. "
(Dr. Adams).
Gave a girl variolinum in Oct.
1904. Was quarantined thirty-fiv'
days in the spring of 1907, two
and half years after taking the
variolinum and did not contract
the disease" (Dr. Bywater).
Many similar tests might b,
cited. Also general statements
: like the following.
Il have protected by variolinun
| all who have come to me in n con
: tinOus and extensive general prac
tice in the past thirty years witt
one exception the circumstances o
! which were doubtful" (Dr. Bis
] hop, Los Angeles, Cali
My own experience is limited t.
t two families, one living in Mexico
! Mo-, and one in the country abOu
t 8 miles from Mexico, Mo. In on
family seven people We're quaran
tined with case of smallpox. One
I a baby but few hours old to whoI
k but one dose of variolinmm wa
: given, had a light attack of small
r pOx. It's mother who took the re
e quired amount of variolinum nurs
II ed the baby at her breast durinl
e It's sickness and did not take tn
: smallpox.
y Two Others developed the initiI
II fever. headache and backache q
o smallpox, and one had one vesicl
Il and one Ave. One had been vac
cinated five years before and th
other, an old lady, had not bee
vaccinated for over forty years.
d Another had smallpox but d
not have more than One-tenth Il
e number of vesicles of the fir
a case.
ID Another that had light alta,
d of smallpox was vaccinated at Il
81 same time he began to take h
lie variolinum and he had a sOre ar
er and smallpox at the same time,
rs Another was also vaecianted
~ the same time she began to tai
the variolinnm hut her vaecinati,