VACCINATION.

Waikato Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1618, 16 November 1882, Page 4

VACCINATION.

TjlE following letter Tronijthe pen ,of Dr. Heritf-ii'foN^wd'tff'th&^ditt* -ot tlie Lancet and is -intended to combat; the "'statements I 'madefy Mr P. A.. Taylor ?! toritlDr. Cai punter, 'Opponents of vaoohia- ■ 'tion,' in* the JS vieteonlh Century :—: — ' ■ " Sir. —I ■ have - read' ' the at tides by Dr. Gavpe lttii' and 'Me Taylor in the JVimc- • ' iMit/l Gaitun/* Neither time nor space - will allow me to suy what I should like to on the subject, yet I should be glad if you could allow me to make a fi_w remarks vciybneily.* Fusb, the saying as to the fallacy of statistics seeirta exemplified Jure, foi both bring forward figures so fully that I t <ani confused, and I mu&t leave others to prove them. I prefer being guided by my experience as a pnbbo vaccinntor lasting over thirty-fonr years. Page 785, Mr Taylor says, "any taint-in the blood . ot a person from whom the lymph is taken iscommuuic\ble to the person into i whose system the diseased matter. is conveyed." My experience, gives ho proof of this, and if blood is not tvken I think .it is impossible. Mr Taylor insinuates •' that the medical profession advocate vaccination from selfish motives. This is unjust, for if vaccination were not followed I should' gets lmtulreita a year, whereas I now only get twenty pounds from public vaccination. A scveie case of small-pox niay last for weeks, ond leave 'bluidncfes and other ailments icijuiring treatment for yeais. Page 799, Mr Taylor confuses vaccina-, tiou aud proper vaccination. If the patient is '" without tho faintest mark " 1 fclould consider him unvaeeinated or unprotected for all practical purposes. That proper vaccination will prevent ami mitigate small-pox I am, from my own exigence, as much convince I as I am of any fact- say of die circulation of my blood. I have scean in a family oi ten the only un vaccinated peison take confluent sni.ill-pox, and I have also seen in a family of six only one escape, the one who alone had been vaccinated ; three of the five unvaccinated dud. I wonder that there should be any dispute about a fact which can be demonstrated. Let Mr Taylor try this expet iment': --Bring tlnec dukUen into a room with small-pox- ; let one bo properly vaccinated first, the otlieis nob at all. In twelve days or so the two unvaccinated ■will show symptoms of small-pox ; then let ona of them be vaccinated properly. From my own experience I can confidently predict this result. The vaccinated child will escape. ; the other two will tike small-pox ; they will seem to have it eqully badly, but after tho eighth day the child vac*. in ted (when the seeds of •unall-pox weiein him) will suddenly rcover and ask for food; the unprotected child will then be in gi cater danger. A tramp brought a child to my &urgery lately. The msh was in the first day's stage. It had never been vaccinated, so I did it at once. The child was dangerou&ly iil afterwards, and we all expected it; to die. The vaccination seemed to outiun the biiiall-pov, and the child suddenly I o^an to impiovc after the eighth diy. I could quote many buch cases. There i,< i popular tall toy I should like to me..' ion ; it is that unsanitary conditions v > ild create !?m.ill pox. Without the seuil, ot a previous cabe you could no nioic q t a case of sma'l-po\' than you could \,<-t an oak without «vi acorn. Take thu small-pov i>ce(lt> to the palace or the cabm, and it will equally spread to all who li.ivo not already had small-pox or who luwe not had the mo'lified form of it, ca'luil vaccination. Many expect too much from vaccination. It only gives the arne immunity fi oin smallpox that yniall-pox docs to a second attack ; no more, no lei=s.

A\ intcrctins* 1 feature of " bonanza " fanning in California is that a regular coips of liHemen is lorjuired to bo attached to each f.niu to protect the wheat tium the depredations of wild gees.o. Di\ Glen, ot Colu«i, who lias 7"), 000 acic; under cultmition, keeps 40 men constantly at work shooting geese. The men use about 8000 cartridges a day, and as their shooting is done principally nt long langc they expend nioie than a goose's weight in lead foy e\e,ry goose .shot. Telescope^ aie used with which to detect the ge sj. When found, a bullet is sent in am jug them, and as they liso they arc puisiU'd with bullets as far the rifles will i each. In foggy weather and on dailc nights, when tlio herdets cannot shoot for tear of hitting each oilier, is the festival time of the qecfce. " D\<;oxr.t l%> in the J{t /.)?<; says :— "Wlun Cetew.iyo and liis chiefs icceivcd the intelligence that they A\oie going back to Dixie's land tiic executed a wild ■\\<u dance at tiie \illa at Melbuiy road, and spent some' houis in joyous song. The way Cete\\a\o leapt o\or the couch, stood on his head on the hcuth-iug, and turned a soincwuilt over the dinmg-table was something to lemeinber. The housekcepei gte\s ahumed as the dance continueil, and the ceiling b"low began to fall in bhowei <s ; but Mio didn't send foi the di^>tiiet surveyor mi til die of the chiefs sji/cd the c !i cUi>lelier, swung hini.self up into it. and began a few sivinnas tic fe«its> of the Zululoukml oidcr. Then the good lady thought it time to knock at the door, and say, as the gas was escaping, and the floor had begun to crack, pei haps the ioy.il party would adjoin n to the back g.udcn, and continue the celebration in honour of the loyal restoration there, though perhaps his Majesty •wouldn't mind doing his pas as far fioni the centre bed of get animus as convenient. Mitmovl England was shocked when the Couit, foi getting the fact that theie ■were English musicians, went abroad and asked M Gounod to wiite to the Duke of Albany's maiiiage, that oxtiaodinary composition called M Gounod's "Wed ding Maich." It will be interesting, says an cxchinge, to announce the reward ol the French musician. For writing the (so-called) "Match M Gounod received (I Jan elegant phologiaph of the Queen, (2) a ditto of the Duke of Albany, and (3) a ditto of the Duchess of Albany. For about 3s ca.sh M Gounod might have purchased these photographs for himself. Tin: following cm ion 1 ' " Government Older* "' woic issued in the early days of New iSonth Wales- — " Government House, Sydney, Apul 14, 1 SOL— The regiment to be under arms on Monday nevt, the 19th inst., at half-past nine in the morning, to attend the execution of John Boatswain, pi hate soldier in the New South Wales coi ps, sentenced to die by Couit Martial, fonlcseition." " April 19, 1801 — Training in toivents. The execution of the prisoner, as diiected in the order of Mth inst., on account of the inclemency r of the weather, is deferred until to-morrow,'2oth inst." " Apnl 20th ■ — Still raining in torrents. Execution Btill further deferred.' 1 " April2sFavourable circumstances having been leported the Governor of the settlement is pleased to extend a reprieve, and grant a free pardon to prisoner, John Boatswin, sentenced to death for the unsoldierlike crime of deseition ; but. the Governor trusts that the aw ful position in which the wretched man was placed will kleter others from fol* owing his example. Coil save the King." ' Groat changes are taking placp in Auekand, new busiin"=s prcmi-'t"- of vat ions kinds are rnpidlv improving the appefranre of the rity; •evcral firnT; arc^ (J^tendinj; thi'ir , promise?, and 'thf'kten rmnpetftive spirit of (lie. Old Country is now npp irent amongst thr city trndesmpn ; tho wholesale ' wirphousomen, ironmonger I*,'1 *,' a-n^ b.mk?,i arc pxtopdmg their boundarips ; ,-i,nd not i the least important ainnn>;st the local industry' establishments is the completion of a large con'crrto building fhico rtorcj* hit;h, 75 feet loner, and 50 wide pri»cted in Lorne-slnvt. as a r«ibi«*«*t faptar^y for McAhrs .Garluk and CrjpwpU, who haw targeted- marhihery with the lAtpit 'improvem"nts, enabling them to 'turn out their woHc economically a "d cxpcrtiiiou^lv. This hrm arc aoiy ffivinff/ip fhpir draper)' npdxlot^iin/jr business in order'foTscourls more ''pace as- show rooms fpr their furniture, and, to, eftect a speedy clearance, have reduced' to a very low price all their drapery , ajld rjothjngvtyhirh will be sold (for cash only) for onf 1 mnnih; 'This ?s a' splendid ''opportunity ■/or- thrifty Hoosewivefc' mot only to secure cloth- 1 ing but all kinds of Manchester and ( farni^hi|i(r Soods »t rates that vHI Say .to JUi/goods by till joy are realjy \vaptb4 »<*-*. ,