Show POX pom IN THE WEST THE smallpox small pox has been kept pretty well under control at virginia city nevada by the vigilance of the local authorities and the very general resort to vaccination by the people BO so says the virginia enterprise but notwithstanding every exertion it has been reading spreading there and at latest accounts rereading sE there t ere were many new cases of the disease all the original cases of disease in that eity elty city had been traced directly to san francisco this latter city is a as cubed of permitting itself to become the nursery or focus of the disease from which it has bas spread into every locality in communication with it the enterprise is strongly in favor of vaccination it urges it upon the people as the only preventive known to science buethe but the gold hill mill nevada news wems does not seem to be impressed with its advantages the free and judicious use of proper disinfectants disinfect ants seems to stand high in favor with it as a preventive ven ven Yen tive it quotes the sacramento daily record to prove that vaccination has been un availing unavailing in arresting the disease in san ban francisco but it says say a I 1 all can 1 of course get vaccinated vaccina ted who choo choose se if they consider it 0 sure sure preventive ven tive that is their business not ours but by all means let it the p purest arest of vaccine matter the grass valley cal union does not rely so strongly upon disinfectants disinfect ants disinfectants Disinfect ants havet have their uses it says though to depend upon them alone is in our opinion folly certain 0 odors dors may pervade the atmosphere of a room and still the germ of disease occupy that atmosphere it may be that some of the disinfectants disinfect ants chemically unite with smallpox small pox malaria and chang change its poisonous character but no chemist knows thib this to be a fact 11 Vaccination it thinks ought to be purification first and the us use of disinfectants disinfect ants afterwards the san ban francisco call asks when doctors disagree who shall decide it cites the various conflicting opinions which prevail among doctors in that city and asks which of them are the people to be guided by it seems to have no very clear idea of what ought to be bep done evidently it has no faith in va vaccination c ci ei as a preventive for it says bays vaccination has been almost universal and yet the disease is rapidly lon jon the increase it is highly in favor of car carbolic bolle acid as a disinfectant if a pure article ean can be obtained ina inn in a communication to the bame same pa per under another date a physic physician lan iau urges the people to be vaccina vaccinated ted he says it is 16 the only means they can now employ to prevent the smallpox small pox where it does not entirely protect the subject he says saye it modifies the disease he describes three causes for tho the deaths of those who have fallen by smallpox small pox after vaccination improper vaccination feeble constitution or bad treatment the statement that vaccination affords no security against the attacks of smallpox small pox is incorrect it is a valuable prophylactic and while it has never been claimed to be a sure preventive there is no better as yet discovered it is an admitted fact that the r ravages taxes of the smallpox small pox have not been so widespread and deadly sinco since the discovery of vaccination by dr jenner as they were previous to his day by its ita agency the T disease dibease sease has been greatly modified and when a person who has been vaccinated vaccina ted is attacked by the disease it assur assumes rieb ries a mild form and in medical parlance is called vario varlo lold all the papers which have contained articles up upon on this subject have urged the nece necessity of hav ing pure vaccine matter matti or this is an important point probably the non suc eess cess of vaccination in many populations is attributable to tho the difficulty in obtaining such matter and to the diseased condition of the systems of the persons vaccinated vaccina ted one of the great prejudices which exists against vaccination has its origin in the tho risk which is run of being inoculated by the process with other diseases many people choose to brave the danger of an attack of small pox rather than incur the risk of having some other disease infused into the system we have had these fears of vaccination and were we in any other place than utah we would long hesitate before beford we would suffer summer our children to be vaccina vaccinated ted by the matter commonly used but in this country there is not the same risk in vaccinating that there is elsewhere there are no secret diseases among our population once obtain pure vaccine matter with which to commence and there would not bo be the least danger afterwards when parents have any hereditary disease uch such as scrofula 1 a or any other taint it is known or can ba be ascertained and with ordinary care our entire population could be vaccinated vaccina ted without the least risk we do not in writing upon this subject wish to create the least alarm there is no necessity for it but proper precautions should be taken agan against rii roi this loathsome disease it prevails in california it has reached nevada and with the tho amount of travel through our territory from the west and aad which is increasing cases of the disease may reach here hotel keepers city author atles and others should be vigilantly watchful to prevent its in ingress grebs greas and general measures applicable to the entire applicable applit abie able population should would be e taken to prevent yent its ia spread in case it should appear among us our people are generally temperate and pure in their lives and in the most of instances they pay attention to diet these are so reany deany safeguards against the spread of disease in gur pur midst if the community would universally obey and carry out in their lives the teachings which they have received upon these subjects we feel confident that epidemics such as the smallpox small pox is at the present time in san ban francisco would not prevail among us it may be that the people will perceive after awhile if they do not already that the appeals which have been made to them to db serve the word of wisdom have not been without cause |