Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-02-10
YACCINATE AND ENJOY COMPAR-
ALIVE IMMUNITY.

Despite the outcries of the few who
are opposed to II. vaccination has
been shown by the practical expert
ence Of mankind the world over 10 b.
a fairly good specific against small
pox. To enjoy comparative imnuni-
~ from the disease it has been shown
that al THAT is necessary is to resort
TO vaccination at varying periods. Gen
orally it is claimed that exemption
from attacks of the disease is secured
for seven years by vacainatf9n. Some
people when once vaccinateS seem
immune for the remainder Of their
lives, at least to the extent that sue
cessive vaccinations, in the popular
phraseology, do not take"
Just at the present time when there
IS more or less small pox in the
state, although Of a very mild tyne
and almost entirely confined TO the
negroes, it iswell for all to take
advantage Of the protection that vac
cination accords. In Germany small
pox was once a dreaded plague. In
recent times it has become the rarest
of diseases, unknown in the vast ex-
parse Of the Empire for years at a
time. This Ia undeniabIy the result
Of the compulsory vaccination that is
enforced without regard to the age OF
social position Of the subject. All ba-
bies must be yaccinated within a GER
tain period after birth. The result
has been the elimination Of the d.
sease. It was in exactly the same
business like way that the Germans
wiped out hydropuolia Every dog
in the country was required TO DE
muzzled for a long term, every dog
that displayed symptoms Of the di-
sease was promptly killed, and as a
result hydrophobia became unknown.
Up in Atlanta there is a decided
scare on at this sine as a result of
the existence of small pox among a
number of negroes. This has lead
70 a wide spread resort to the vac
cine point Health Officer Kennedy
in discussing the matter has this %
say, which IS just as applicable TO
Americas and other towns as to At
lanta.
Vaccination is the only remedy for
small box. The disease is contract
ed by actual personal contact with a
person who has IT, 1t may be con
tracted when the fever is on the pa
tent prior to breaking out and it may
be contracted at any period after the
eruption starts and until the patient
is entirely cured
There is no prevention for small
pOx except vaccination, and there is
20 treatment for it. 1t must be left
70 run its course. All that can be
done is the isolation of the victim
and some local treatment to allay the
itching and burning sensation In
violent cases the attack IS treated as
a case Of blood poisoning would be
treated
Smallpox is not so dangerous now
as it was several years ago. In the
past L"O years Ne nave Ud0 no death
fro mthe disease in Atlanta. Why
the attacks now are less severe than
formerly it is impossible to state.
Vaccination doubtless has done a great
deal toward eliminating the danger,
but what the other contributing caus-
es have been no one can tell. 1t NAV
be that the disease is running its
course and will soon die out. No one
can tell what causes it and the only
thing we know about it is that we
have it, and that vaccination will pre-
vent it,"
Every citizen who believes in pro-
tecting his family from an offensive.
even though in these days not very
iataL disease, viii see to it that ali
Of the members of it are properly
yaccinated. This is assuredly one of
the cases where the ounce of pre-
vention is To be called into play.