Jackson County journal., 1919-10-17
SMALLPOX and VACCINATION


and vaccination, as we see from
the daily press and reports from the
Bureau of Epidemiology that there
is no little smallpox in North Caro-.
Ina, when there actually should
not be a case.
| Few of the acute infectious dis.
eases show such complete indenen.
dence such as race, age, occupation
ana sanitary surroundings as small
pox. 1t thrives only on unvaccinas-
ed people. The mortality bears from /
TO 81 percent. The cause of SMALLPOX
Oeafs no relation to improved santa
tlon, which has lessened the preva-
renee OF tuberculosis, bowel trouble
hookworm and malaria. General saDi-
tatlon could not affect smallpox or
measles. Small pox spares neither
high nor low, rich or poor, black or
white. 1t spares only the vaccinated
When an epidemic of SMALLPOX
breaks out, those who are vaccinat-
ed are as safe as the children of
Israel were from death, when the
lentlls and posts of their doors were
spinkled with the blood of the
lamb.
Before the days of vaccination
smallpox counted among it's victims
princes, kings and queens, We are
still Ignorant as to the precise way
IN which small pox is conveyed. A
view generally held. is that it is air
oorne and enters the system with
respiratory tract. We do know this.
that it is preventable disease land
most easily preventable of all in
fectlous diseases. The man that
through prejudice or ignorance
would allow his children to 90 un-
protected against this most loath,
some disease is worse than az inf
del, The Good Book says that a man
who does not provide for his own
household is worse than an infdel ;"
! Vaccination virus is the specific
principle In a matter obtained from
the SKIN eruption OF aain,ais, being
known as Cow pox. There are there
tore, two ways OF obtaining the virus.
One from the scab Of vaccinated
human beings and the other from
young calves and is called bovine
virus. The old way of using virus
from human beings. is about done
away with and we have thereby
eliminated Infection, and transmit.
ting disease to q great extent. The
bovine virus is put up in glycerine
and all the harmful bacteria are
killed in this manner.
Vaccination is a most simple
operation hut should be done in
most careful manner. EVERYTHING
used in the operation should be
thoroughly stellized. The reason
and the only reason of bad sores
after vaccination is that the place
OF vaccination has been infected
either by scratching the vaccinated
arm with dirty finger nails or ty-
Ing the arm up with dirty bandages
Then you have to treat it lust as
you would any other infected place.
Immunity Of smallpox appears
on the eighth or tenth day after
VACCINATION. The question is often
asked how long does vaccination
protect against smallpox" The
protection is variable. From what
information is obtainahle, it should
probably be about twelve years.
Who should be vaccinated? Every
unvaccinated person from babies
tour weeks old to people 104 years
old. People should be re-vaccinated
when there is an epidemic Of small
pox. Children cannot attend school
when smallpox is in the family, nor
can teachers teach school who board
In families where there is SMALLPOX
Miss Lynn Johnston left Ia st
Tuesday for Sylvia, N. c., to assist in