The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-12-09
SCORES ARE AT.
VACCINE STATION
Large Attendance Of Best People OF
keokuk There Sunday After.
noon for TWO Hours of
the Service.
CONTINUES EVERY DAY
Procedure is Simple, Painless and
Rapid and II is Expected That
Number will Increase
Day by Day.

Number will Increase
Day by Day.
Il There was a large attendance at
the opening of the pneumonia Vaccl-
nation station yesterday afternoon.
Between l and o'clock on the
first day So persons were vaccinated
against pneumonia there. They were
entirely representative of all keokuK,
of all ages, both sexes. white ana
colored, and of every occupation ana
factor in society.
The very first one was Mayor Ed.
is. Lotion, and the second one was
T. ]. Hickey, also of the board of
i health. Next came Ira w. Wills,
\ wholesale grocer, and his son, Con-
| nable Wills. In the long line that
followed were James r. Green. Will
liam Aldrich, Ralph Daugherty,
Thomas P. Gray, Jack Hardin, ]. Al
bert Kideaisch, John r. Irwin and
many other well known citizens.
Many were women. The ages ranged
from eight to flfty-eight years. 1t
would be hard to select three score
and ten names out of the city direc-
j tory that would more thoroughly rep
|. resent all the elements residing IN
4 Keokuk. All the doctors took their
|. own medicine among the first.
i Simple, Painless and Rapid.
The procedure is very simple and
rapid. One walks into the large room
and removes his coat and unfastens
his shirt sleeve and pushes 1t up,
barring his arm. Then he goes into
tbe smaller back room and down the
line.
4 One nurse washes q place on the
arm with soap; next, another scrubs
the same place with alcohol; the
third in the line wipes on little
tincture of iodine; next Is the doctor
with a hypodermic syringe which ne
sticks in exactly as in giving hypo-
ldermic of any medicine; the last
nurse. Just beyond, spots on little
collodion to seal the hole which the
syringe needle has not left. Then
| the person finds himself before j. r.
| Winters, clerk, who takes his name
land address. age and sex on card
for the files. Everybody is told to
return in seven days for the second
shot. Three must be given, a week
apart. They are painless, and no
more trouble than barring an arm.
Given Every Afternoon.
| The free vaccination will continue
| for some time every afternoon from
II to 3 o'sclock in the basement room
of the George Washington schoa.
with the stairway going down from
the sidewalk at Ninth and Concert
streets. 1t is not entered through
the school house proper. 1t is the
room where elections are held, the
one built for use as an Office for the
board of education and superinten-
dent some time.
The whole thing is absolutely free
and voluntary. Nobody need go who
does not desire to take the preven-
tive vaccination. DR.. Rasenow, of
the Mayo laboratories furnishes the
vaccine free to the city board of
health, and the doctors and nurses
donate their services.
The serum is believed by most
physicians to be quite effective in
preventing pneumonia, which causes
the deaths chiefly. 1t is also more
or less a preventive against influenza,
and of considerable value against in
fluenZa, but not SO much is proved
about that as is convincing as to its
prevention of pneumonia, the doctors
say. DR.. Rasenow advises it for pre-
venting both diseases to a satisfying
degree.
Some of the larger business houses
are arranging for the pneumonia vac
cination of all their employees, and
S. F. Baker & Co. did that today.
What keokuk People Should Give.
The emergency hospital in the
Elks building will probably be open
ed tomorrow, if the equipment ar
rives from Des Moines by that time. |
II is intended for the care of pa t
tients who otherwise would not re-
ceive proper attention and nursing. !
The state furnishes the beds and |
permanent equipment, but Keokuk |
people must donate or loan pillows, |
old linen for cloths, sheetfng, clean |
white rags of any kind, and these |
are badly needed for the hospital in |
large quantities. Also there must be !
obtained here white, long-sleeved |
aprons for the nurses, and head |
dresses of the kind worn in the Red !
Cross shop. A large quantity Ut old |
and clean newspapers is also needed |
and bedroom screens. Other things
asked from Keoiiuk people are small |
water pitchers. slop jars. hot water
bottles, bath towels, wheel chair
or two, and wash cloths. Some cots
with wire springs can also be used .
TO advantage.
keoiuk people who can furnish !
any of these things should telephone
Mrs. Frank Anderson, Black sS4. and !
there is no limit to the quantity de-
sired.
Practical nurses are wanted to as
sist the two trained nurses who will
be provided. and they will be paid |
by the Keokuk Red Cross.
Ward Chairmen TO Help,
A chairman for each ward has