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Show THE LATEST FAD. Girls Who Want to Be Vaccinated on the Leg. Chicago, Oct. 0. Dr. Garrett, the senior of the corps of medical inspectors in the health office, this morning received re-ceived this notice from his superior: "Health Commissioner Wlckersham : Hereafter Here-after the medical inspector of thts department depart-ment will vaccinate no person on the leg without with-out special Instructions from the commissioner." commission-er." "It could not be helped," said Dr. Wicket-sham. "The mania for this thing has passed all bounds. The fashion has grown beyond the bounds of reason, and this department will recognize it no longer. Saturday afternoon one crowd of six girls, two of them young ladies, camo here to be vaccinated. They told the inspector that they wanted the operation performed on their legs. 'We don't want to disfigure our am,' was the excuse. "The girls were vaccinated as desired, but that's the last," said the doctor, bringing his fist down on the table. "I want no more of them and won't hare them. If any girl is so fashionable that she is afraid a vaccination mark will detract de-tract from her beauty in an evening dress, she had better go to a private physician and have the operation performed per-formed in private. The old-fashioned way is good enough for this office, and that is what the young ladies must put up with. The only exception in the future will be on my recommendation, and applicant must have a personal request of me. If there is any reason why she should be vaccinated on the leg instead of the arm, it will be done. You have no idea of the number of applicants ap-plicants that have been for this sort of thing lately. I believe it is a fad, nothing noth-ing more. i' i - |