The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1913-08-28
new CURE MAKES
SMALLPOX MILD
Il Becomes Harmless as Chick.
0npOx, il Is Declared.
PREVENTS PUS INFECTION.

lish Physician, Discovers New Meth.
cd of Treatment--Anti-s treptococcie
and Anti-stap hyIococcio vaccines Are
Injected In Early Stages of Disease.
Sir Almroth e. Wright the English
| physician who added to the brilliant
medical achievements of recent years
| the discovery of the value of anti
| typhoid vaccination, has made known
another discovery of great Importance
in connection with the treatment of
smallpox. BY this. improvement In
treatment the disease. it is announced,
becomes almost as harmless as chick
enpox.
The details of the treatment are
London physician to the editor of
American Medicine:
Il am permitted by Sir Almroth e.
Wright to repeat some facts he gave
me in a recent conversation. He has
recently received information to the
effect that the injection of anti-strep-
tococcic and anti-staphylococcic vac
cines in the early stages of smallpox
prevents 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 &C.
quired the slightest immunity against
smallpox by Jennerian vaccine. that 1t
is scarcely recognized as smallpox.
Freed of its coincident pus infections.
1t might almost be called as benign
disease as chickenpox. so slight is the
suffering and so few are the deaths
Opposition to Vaccination.
HE says that If 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 by modified
smallpox or vaccine. Smallpox might
now be considered a durable disease,
with no after effects and possible of
complete elimination. Moreover, if an
infant is first given a proper dose of
the two vaccines, anti-streptococcic
and anti-staphylococcic. and then CIV
en- Jennerian vaccination the latter
is entirely free of any signs Of infam-
nation and gives no discomfort, or at
least a negligible one.
FINALLY. If calves are first immuniz-
ed In this way against the staphylo-
coccus pyogenes aureus and the strep-
tococcus they do not develop any signs
of Inflammation around the vaccinia |
vesicles. which. understand. will dry |
up in the Serious stage and not go to
to the production of pus Such lymph |
is practically free of pus organisms.
perhaps all these facts have been
in America. but in case they |
have not hasten to send the news in
order that the matter may be tried out
and. If proved correct. be put to prac-
tical use at once.
Causes Skin Reaction.
ut has long been known that vac
line which has been heated will cause
skin reaction. but the experiments of
Won Pirquet and others now show that
sterile Jennerian vaccine will cause
skin reaction only in those already
mmunized to vaccinia. and this reac-
ion may be mistaken for successful
or take
'It has also been found that II an
person is vaccinated every
lay for eight days the several inocula-
ions are progressively more rapid In
developing and all mature at the same
lime. The significance of this phenom- {
non Is not quite clear unless it indi-
ates a negative phase during which
be system opposes less and less re-
istance to the invading organism of
accinia.
"As side thought It was suggested !
hat when calves are first immunlzed :
gainst pus. the vaccinia subsequently 1
iven to them produces no discoyera-
lie suffering and so little fnconven-
.nce that the anti-vivisection cranks B
ave positively nothing to complain