The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1913-09-20


Iish Physician, Discovers New Metz
cd Of atment-Anti- sire ptoeoecio
and Anti staphy loeoceie Vaeeinss Are
Injected In Early Stages OF DisesA.
sir Almroth Il. Wright. the English
physician who added TO the brilliant
medical achievements OF recent years
hhe discovery OF the value OF anti
typhoid vaccination, has made known
apother discovery OF great Importance
In connection with the treatment OF
emallpox. BY this improvement IN
treatment the disease, II is announced.
becomes almost as harmless as chick
enpox.
The details OF the treatment are
made known In this letter, written by
London physician 20 the editor OF
american Medicine:
II am permitted by Sir Almroth K.
Wright TO repeat some facts he gave
kme I'm recent conversation He has
recently received information 70 the
effect that the injection Of anti strip
tococcic and anti-staphylococclc vac
cines In the early stages OF smallpox
nrevents the later pus infections,
which are the real causes OF death
Indeed, the cases thus treated are so
mild, even IN those who have not ac-
Nuired the slightest immunity against
smallpox by Jennerian vaccine, that It
hs scarcely recognized as smallpox.
Freed OF Its coincident pus infections,
ht might almost be called as benign a
disease as chickenpox, so slight is tae
suffering and SO few are the deaths.
Opposition to Vaccination.
"He says that II this means of treat
ment had been known In Jenner's time
the opposition to vaccination on the
part OF the medical profession might
have prevented the adoption OF the
system OF immunizing 10y modified
smallpox or vaccine. Smallpox might
now be considered durable disease,
with no after effects and possible Of
eomplete elimination. Moreover, II an
Infant is first given a proper dose OF
the two vaccines, anti-streptococclc
and anti-staphylococclc, and then Civ
en- Jennerian vaccination the latter
Us entirely free OF any signs OF iniam-
mation and gives no discomfort or at
least negligible one.
FINALLY. II calves are first immuniz
ed In this way against the staphylo-
coccus pyogenes aureus and the strep.
tococcus they do not develop any sig
OF Inflammation around the vaccinN
veslcles. which, understand, Will dry
lup in the Serious stage and not 90 10
10 the production OF pus. Such lymph
is practically free OF pus organisms
Perhaps all these fncts have been
reported In America, but in case they
have not hasten 10 send the news IN
order that the matter may be tried out
and, II proved correct, be put TO prac- (
tical use NJ once.
Causes Skin Reaction.
''It has long been known that vac
rine which has been heated Will cause
II skin reaction. but the experiments OF
Won Pirquet and others now show that
p sterile Jennerian vaccine will cause
N skin reaction only In those already
immunized 10 vaccinia, and this reac-
ition may be mistaken for a successful
vaccination or take
at has also been found that II an
unprotected person is vaccinated every
day for eight days the several inocula-
tions are progressively more rapid In
developing and all mature at the same
time The significance OF this phenom-
enon Is not quite clear unless II indi-
yates negative phase during which
the system opposes less and less re.
distance TO the invading organism OF
vaccinia.
"As side thought II was suggested
that when calves are first immunlzed
against pus. the vaccinia subsequently
given 10 them produces no discovers.
BILE suffering and so little incoprN'
fence that the anti-vivisection -
have positively nothing TO complain
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