Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1921-05-06

l\OTE: TO date | have cNamn,-
I'd nearly fifteen hundred schoo.
children III The county and find
that less tina , per cent of them have
been Naccinated against small ,DON.
Because this is such an important
matter | asked DR.. Dwight NJ. Lewis
Director Of the Bureau of Rural
Sanitation, to prepare an article on
this subject. ] hope DR.. Lewis
presentation Of it under the caption
Sore Arms and Small PoN," will
result in every child in the county
being VaCcinalcd against smallpox
ut an early date. Every child
should have this treatment before
entering school. The State Will
provide the vaccine free Of charge
when necessary. When one CAN
not go to a physician in private
practice for this treatment arrange
mentS may be made with DR.. Park
cr, County Health Officer. or with
me us County Nurse to have vacci-
nations done mt the Red Cross Dis
pensary in the John 4. Preston
Community House. Lcwisburg.
| hope in the near future to be
able to arrange definite days and
hours for conference and clinic
work at the Community House in
Lcwisburg and also at White Sui
phur.]
SORE ARMS" AND SMALL. PON.
Men and women arc living to-
day who were Vaccinatcd against
small poX rather than either be
SCARED from having the disease or
run the risk of what was common
happening. death from the disease.
Anywhere today in the State one
can meet people who have the dis
case or have just recovered from it
and there are few if any signs left
by the disease. 1t is as unusal to
hear of death from small pox as
1t was years ago usual to hear of
deaths. Just how long mild small
pox, causing little illness in chill
dren as well as in adults, causing
no defects at the time of illness,
VIII last no one can say. Is it the
chance that it will not come in
your day worth taking--suppose it
is your child that will be the one
to die next time the small DON
comes around. Has your child any
chance Of protecting himself with
out being vaccinatcd? You feel that
you had rather have mild small
poN than have that sore arm that
you had when you were vaccinat.
ed years ago. and you think that
The same holds for the child. Sup
pose we tell you how sore arms got
that way. You remember that the
doctor just pulled your sieve up and
scratched a place on your arm a.
bout the size of twenty-five cent
piece with q thin piece Of wood
with point to it. The blood ran
arom the wound and while it was
running the doctor rubbed the poin1
OF that wooden scratcher into the
wound. Then after the wound GOT
dry, you just pulled your sleeve
down and never thought anything
more about it until week later
Whcn your arm was paining YOU
and going to til" doctor he said
YOU had blood poisoning in it. You
Viii never forget the trouble with
that arm.
VIII you watch what the doctor
very small rubber bulb The other
end is then brokcn and the doctor
squeezing on the bulb pushes out
one crop OF the vaccination MATER
TAI onto the clean place on the arm.
Taking clean SEWN. needle ne
itica or cu!S OIL the point Of il and
then places the end of thc needle
IN an alcohol rlnmc to kill any
germs thai are on The needle. When
II IS cool. with one hand making he
SKIN Of tho arm smooth, he draws