New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1916-01-29
SwALLpQY AND IT'S PRE-
VENTION.


disease was tn great work Of tn
1851 century. In this period ma
conquered i seasea which ii form
or times had aroused only fra
and horror Among these small
pox ESPECIALLY had been the f.;
ror OF the people Of Europe. Il
widespread character had made !
the greatest enemy Of manhlnd
Toward the close Of the 18TH ceA
Jury. however. Edward .Icuncr, a
English plysicim} devised the
nerhod If ,ayciuG:ion. With the
wide use Of this disco cry IN I'LL
civilized couutri'm smallpox ha>
hrcome a mIid al rare disease,
We learn r,ou& history f"3t
smalln0X orclwrc@ freq au,it u
ancient times. i& pread widely
during the middio&agca. att@chins
ritics and towns q ran-ha.t .Esia
and Europe. bv@ the year 1000
some pact OF NuNpe WIS alvey ;
in its clutches. n lG.1 al ,p.-
dcmic attacked tI3 entire ponnl"-
ton Of Chcs.cr n& England, icay-
INC onlv about .SNen ia every
hundred unIarmcG. similar noa-
dl,ons existed IN other cHlos.
among which WERE Glasgow, lou
don and Berlin Q
The same was true IN America.
Whole tribes Of IIlanS, free from
smallpox until the coming Of the
white man, were Viped out. The
co!onists suffcredosevcrely, and
the RevoIutionaryGrmleS at Cam
bridge and Valleyforgc were I'M
able to avoid its ravagcs. An
epidemic would DIG out only to be
followed by a greater one. 1t was
usual. in walking through the
streets Of cities, goth here and
abroad, to meet SSpcople whose
faces were poclNarked. Few
persons who lived a life Of normal
length were fortunate enough to
escape. q.
) You will &n interested in a
description Of 1is disease. Small
pox is an acun contagious DIS
ease. Its SYMPTOMS are sharp
chills. followed by fever. severe
headache. backache. nausea and
vomiting. After three days. the
fever goes down and an eruption
begins to appear on the face and
hands in the form Of firm red
pimples. In mild cases there may
be few Of these pimples. and they
may not spread to other parts OF
the body. Within day or two
after the eruption, fluid begins to
form within the pimples. BY the
eighth day the eruption is at IT'S
height. and the temperature again
begins to rise. MANY of the
pimples break. and the body IS
ksthed in pus Of a very disagree
able odor. When the ease is a
mild one the fluid dries. no sores
are formed, and the patient does
not feel very i'll. In wellmarkcd
smallpox. on the other hand. the
eruption is found over the entire
body. The patient suffers great
main and "tosscs from side to side,
seeking rest that he does not
feel very i'll. In well-marked
smallpox. on the other hand, the
eruption is found over the entire
hody. The patient suffers great
pain and "tosses from side to
side, seeking rest that he does
moi find"
II was this disease that Eu-
koreans continued to face in an
unresistinr attitude. In the East,
however. the Turks discovered a
method that insured slight de-
gree of freedom from the worst
results. They noted that one
who lived through an attack OF
smallpox rarely. if ever. had the
disease again. Seldom was there
IN exception to this rule. On
the strength of their observations
they inoculatcd healthy human
beings with the disease. The re-
suit was that these people. at a
time when they were capable of
a high resistance. developed mild
cases Of smallpox. Thus they
were protected from severe infec-
tions later in life.
incubation AGAINST Smallpox.
This method attracted the at
tcntion of Lady Mary Wortley
Montagu, the wife Of the English
ambassador at ConStantrnople
I'm 1921 she introduced it into
England. soon aftcrward hel
example was followed by Cotton