El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-19
SECRET Of VACCINATION LEARNED
FROM 4 M|LKMAID 119 YEARS AGO

ton After this the typhoid germ Is
certainly rendered harmless.
Experiments in Army.
Peace hath her victories, and even
armies may help win them. The great
value of vaccination in typhoid fever
has been proved more through army
medical practice than elsewhere. Ger
many gives some notable statistics in
the treatment OF her South African
troops. There 1t was found that of
vaccinated troops only so per thousand
took typhoid, while 9S per thousand of
the unvaccinated ones contracted it.
OF deaths there were only 3-29 per
thousand among the vaccinated sol
diers, against 1850 among the unvacci-
mated ones. The same proportions OBJ
tain in the British colonial possessions,
and also in the United States army ex-
periments now being made.
Recurrence of Typhoid.
Philadelphia is just now offering to
the world some rare statistics on the
subject of typhoid fever. While they
do not relate directly 10 vaccination,
they do throw much light on the sub
ject which will be helpful in the study
Of vaccination for fever. For instance.
they will afford a study of the recur-
renee of typhoid in individuals. which
is one of the points of interest in the
possibilities of immunity from typhoid
In this report over $4,000 cases were
tabulated. covering the health office
records of the city for liz years. It
shows the remarkable and surprising
fact that typhoid is not, after all,
summer disease. 1t reached its highest
point in the month of February, dur
ing which month there We're 9113 cases.
It's lowest stage was in July, when
there were 2993 cases. March had the
second highest record, and January.
April and May alsoLshow upward Of
5000 cases. September is the highest
month of the heated term with 80,
cases. The fatalities amounted to
little less than one patient out of
nine
Crusade Against Smallpox.
The various states of the union are
doing all they can 10 foster a senti-
ment in favor of vaccination against
smallpox, but no state has put its
case in more striking form than Illi-
nois.' Through it's board of health ii
has issued a pamphlet entitled, This
Man Was Not Vaccinated.' On the
front page is his picture in health and
he is fine looking specimen Of robust
manhood: Beneath his picture is the
it." The pictures following show his
progress from the day he contracted
the disease until its most serious stage.
Nothing can be imagined that would
have a deeper effect on the mind Of a
child.
There IS another picture which re-
veals trio of children, two of whom
were vaccinated and the other not Two
Of the little bodies are free from all
trace Of the disease, while the third is
dreadfully disfgured from 1T. The les
son is strongly pointed out to children
in this way.
In addition TO its striking and i'm
pressive illustrations the little book
has much text on the subject, all writ
ten in such a simple, direct way that
it is bound to exercise a deep influence
on the mind of the child who reads it.
Effective Pamphlet.
The pamphlet refers to the fact that
smallpox was once so prevalent that it
was a common saying that men could
not escape love nor smallpox. and that
owing to the ravages Of this terrible
disease, beautiful women were once so
scarce that they were curiosities It
states that even the father of his coun-
try did not escape it, his face bearing
the we'll known pits which mark those
who have been its victims.
1t traces the decreasing ratio of cases
wherever public sentiment has made it
compulsory for all people to be vacci-
mated, and recommends that the right
Of suffrage and other privileges of citi-
zenship depend upon vaccination. On
the whole it is one of the most effective
pieces of public health literature ever
issued, and should serve as a model for
all communities interested in the sub
ject.
Vaccine Virus.
The culture of vaccine virus is one
of the most interesting things that sci
ence is doing for mankind The most
of that which Americans use comes
from an original case of cowpox which