White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1915-05-30

/ vaccination b07 ~ 'AtAN'
States army medical service per-
formed ten million vaccinations in
1.-THE Philippines where the disease
was terribly fatal and reduced the
50 per cent mortality to a negligible
quantity.
To give you an idea of how par
pox is in unprotected individuals |
desire to cite the epidemic which oc-
CURED in Montreal in 1855. which
at hat time was largely unprotect-
ed by vaccination. On February 2S.
a Pullman car conductor who had
travelled from Chicago where the dis
ease had been slightly prevalent was
admitted into the Hotel Dieu, the
civic smallpox hospital being at that
time closed. Isolation was not car
ried out and on the first of April a
servant in the hospital died of small
pox. Following her decease, with a
negligence absolutely criminal, the
authorities of the hospital dismissed
all patients presenting no symptoms
of contagion who could go hme. The
disease spread like fire in dry grass
and within nine months there died in
the city of Montreal of smallpox
3164 persons. Contrasted TO this Sc
we're form of the disease is its pres
ent mild form in Ely.
During the past few years there
has appeared in this country an cpl
demic of smallpox so unprecededent-
ly and uniformly mild as to eonsti-
tute an unwritten chapter in the his
tory of the disease. Its mildness can
be best estimated when it is known
that the mortality rate among many
thousand vaccinated and unvaccinat-
ed cases throughout the United
States has not been much owe one
per cent.
Ely is o having an epidemic of
the disease in this mild form. OF
course it's mildnes is due to the mod
ifieation that disease has undergone
through vaccination and revaceina-
ton, 81 that many intelligent per-
nov prefer to take a chance on
contracting this mild disease rather
than be yaccinated. However, the
disease in o again epidemic in the
United States and you can never tell
when you or your children are being
exposed to smallpox.
With an efficient weapon like vac
cination at hand il seems almost
to expose yourself and your
family to this disease. 1t is like a
drowning mar crying for an angel
to help him when an able bodied
sailor with a boat is ready to offer
assistance. The vaccine that is now
being used for vaccination purposes
is prepared under government super
vision with greater care and skill
than ever before taken.
Vaccination is performed with
more are and is considered more of
a surgical procedure than heretofore,
so the incidence of sore arms and
other complications are exceeding
rare. The best authorities on vacci-
NATION favor the belief that one
successful vaccination protects for
life. There is considerable evidence
Il bear this out and more evidence is
accommodating TO this effect. Vacci-
nation today stands as the pest pre-
yentive emasure that we know any
thing of for protection against small
rox.
Thorough d~isinfection is the next
best weapon combined with issola-
ton. 1t must not be presumed that
just because a substance is evil
smelling that it has any particular
value in destroying the contagion of
smallpox or other contagious dis
eases. Disinfecting agents are vari-
able in their efficiency and they must
be employed by individuals familiar
with their powers in order to be at
all protective. The false security
that a be felt from the use of these
evil smelling disinfectants is to be
deprecated.
In conclusion | desire to state that
instead of censure and denunciation
the board of county commissioners is
entitled 10 a vote of thanks and con-
fidenee for the thorough I'M in
which they have endeavored to limit
the spread of this disease from Ely to
other parts of the district.
Wife is Granted Divorce.
Desertion was the ground on which