To ensure the success of vaccination, the infant to be vac-
cinated should be in good health, and free from any eruption
of the skin, and the child from whom the lymph is taken should
also be in perfectly good health. With these precautions, there
is no ground for the fear that other diseases than cow-pox will
be transmitted by the operation. Very great exaggerations
and misrepresentations have been put forth on this point in
order to excite prejudice against vaccination,
■ Re-vaccination. — The primary vaccination of infancy, if
well and thoroughly performed, as shown by the existence of
several well-marked cicatrices, affords protection for life from
severe small-pox — protection, however, not so complete but
that modified small-pox shall not occur. It is shown by a vast
accumulation of statistics that there is a greater tendency in
vaccinated persons to take the small-pox between the ages of
fifteen and twenty-five than at all other ages put together. It
is, therefore, advisable, in order to obtain complete protection,
the operation of vaccination should be performed at puberty,
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MEDICINAL, 3:
br when growth is completed. The insertion of lymph by three
punctures is sufficient for re-vaccination. The lymph from a
re-vaccinated vesicle should never be used for primary vaccin-
ation.
Voice, Loss of. — Sometimes without the existence of catarrh,
or inflammation of the larynx, the voice suddenly becomes
reduced to the faintest possible whisper, or without great
difficulty even this is not achieved. It occurs sometimes after
long continued speaking, but it is most frequently met with in
hysterical females. The same thing may, however, happen as
the result of a cold, or from a more serious cause some form
of paralysis of the organs of the voice.
Treatment. — When the affection is the result of catarrh,
it may be relieved by the inhalation of the steam of hot water,
with a few drops of creasote, or a teaspoonful of spirits of
salvolatile. When it proceeds from hysteria or paralysis, the
treatment must be sought under the heads of those diseases.
Wounds, Cuts, Stabs. — These are of several kinds — e.g.,
incised, contused, lacerated, punctured — requiring each a
modified treatment.
Incised Wounds. — These are clean cuts or wounds, with
smooth defined edges.
Contused Wounds — Are wounds attended with bruising
of the parts, such as seen in gunshot injuries.
Lacerated Wounds — Are pretty much the same as bruised
wounds — the edges are rough and jagged.
Punctured Wounds — Are where the orifice of the cut is
small, but its extent deep, such as in stabs.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
To ensure the success of vaccination, the infant to be vaccinated should be in good health, and free from any eruption of the skin, and the child from whom the lymph is taken should also be in perfectly good health. With these precautions, there is no ground for the fear that other diseases than cow-pox will be transmitted by the operation. Very great exaggerations and misrepresentations have been put forth on this point in order to excite prejudice against vaccination,
Re-vaccination. — The primary vaccination of infancy, if well and thoroughly performed, as shown by the existence of several well-marked cicatrices, affords protection for life from severe small-pox — protection, however, not so complete but that modified small-pox shall not occur. It is shown by a vast accumulation of statistics that there is a greater tendency in vaccinated persons to take the small-pox between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five than at all other ages put together. It is, therefore, advisable, in order to obtain complete protection, the operation of vaccination should be performed at puberty,
MEDICINAL, 3:
br when growth is completed. The insertion of lymph by three punctures is sufficient for re-vaccination. The lymph from a re-vaccinated vesicle should never be used for primary vaccination.
Voice, Loss of. — Sometimes without the existence of catarrh, or inflammation of the larynx, the voice suddenly becomes reduced to the faintest possible whisper, or without great difficulty even this is not achieved. It occurs sometimes after long continued speaking, but it is most frequently met with in hysterical females. The same thing may, however, happen as the result of a cold, or from a more serious cause some form of paralysis of the organs of the voice.
Treatment. — When the affection is the result of catarrh, it may be relieved by the inhalation of the steam of hot water, with a few drops of creasote, or a teaspoonful of spirits of salvolatile. When it proceeds from hysteria or paralysis, the treatment must be sought under the heads of those diseases.
Wounds, Cuts, Stabs. — These are of several kinds — e.g., incised, contused, lacerated, punctured — requiring each a modified treatment.
Incised Wounds. — These are clean cuts or wounds, with smooth defined edges.
Contused Wounds — Are wounds attended with bruising of the parts, such as seen in gunshot injuries.
Lacerated Wounds — Are pretty much the same as bruised wounds — the edges are rough and jagged.
Punctured Wounds — Are where the orifice of the cut is small, but its extent deep, such as in stabs.