The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1922-01-06
sMALL Pox, VACCINE,
HEALTH BOARDS AND DOCTORS
Copyright 1921 BY VIM. NJ. War
den NJ. ID. All rights ReservedD

think II is OF vast Importance
for all the people, everywhere, to
know more about smallpox and vacci-
nation. than they now know; or at
least, know more than Is generally
known. Smallpox is a grave disease;
often putting out the eyes. and other
wise leaving the person crippled for
life. or ends in death, after great suf-
fering. The laws of quarantining
and cleanliness should be strictly and
rigldly enforced, as this is the only
remedy known, that will prevent
person from catching smallpox, and
believe that II the enforcement OF
these laws Of quarantine and cleanli-
ness is done, then this dread disease
would be finally eradicated and be-
come extinct. Smallpox is disease
of the human. and is not a disease OF
the animal, and has no Connection with
the disease OF animals as was thought
by some of the ancients OF the dark
ages. and as is claimed by some doc
tors of the present time. Who first
described smallpox Is unknown, but
n is known to have existed in India
many centuries before the Christian
era. and on each epidemic outbreak
of the disease the natives congregated
and called on the Brahmin priest to
assist in prayer while the people were
beIng inoculated for smallpox; tenn
ples had been builded and these cere-
monies and NEGOTIATIONS had been
practiced from the remotest antiqui-
~. and from this original stat the
disease. and the practice of inocula-
tion. appears to have had diffusion
into Africa. Asia. China, Turkey and
now extending thruout the civilized
world. From the time of the discov-
cry of smallpox until the present
time. II was believed that animals
ana fowls. of all kind. that were al
flieted with sores. had the same d.
sease as smallpox In the human, and
that IL the pus was taken from the
sore OF an animal, or the fowl and put
in the skin of a person, IL produced
sheeppox. cowpox, chickenpox, etc.;
depending on what animal or fowl
the pus was taken from. and that this
protected the person from future
attack of the smallpox; in the com
mencement this belief was mostly
with the poor and unlearned people
of the east. called peasants; but this
belief, and practice, was not confined
wholly 10 the opinion OF the iliiterate,
as the Duchess of Cleveland, in the
year A. d. 1860, said that she was
not fearful OF smalljox disfiguring
and injuring her beauty. because she
had had cowpox. Until 1870 1t had
been the practice to inoculate persons
with the pus from people who had a
mild case fsmallpox, in the beliei
that such would cause like mild
case with the person inoculated, but
Il was found that this incubation Of
ten caused severe and fatal case,
and often failed to take" and rare
ly caused mild case, as intended,
and in each case. where it was known
10 take" 1t spread smallpox and this
practice was prohibited by English
law in 1910. There has been, and
is now, being written, a great deal
of literature, advocating the practice
of vaccination, and all the writers
that have read, refer to DIR. Edward
Jenner of London, England who they
claim made the discovery OF vaccina-
ton on May 14th 1895. DR.. Edward
Jenner was the son of Rev. Stephen
Jenner, rector OF Rockhampton and
vicar of Berkeley; the Jenners pos
sessed considerable landed property
and were popular. Edward. who was
born May II 1749. was carefully
educated and after the death OF his
father went from Berkeley, where ne
was born. to sodbury and resided
with a surgeon. DR.. Ludlow, and al
this time Sarah Nelmes, young pea
SAINT woman, said to Jenncr that she
was not afraid of smallpox beceuse
she lad had cowpox. Al the age oil
81, or more properly. IN his twenty
fi.st year. he proceeded to LONDON
and resided two years in tho .ouse OF
DIR. John Hunter and during TINS
tine he aimed to be pa;draiis'
aud was employed to do wcfk in tha'
capacity
Jenner was a great favorite In gen.
e-al society, from his agreeape ana
instructive generations and the
any ACCOMPLISHMENTS he p'ssesseu'
He was fair musician both as a
part-singer and fiddler, and also d
successfnl wI:,er on natural history
geology and signs of the weather
In 1888 he married Catherine Kings
cote. In 1872 he resolved to coniine
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