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INFLUENCE OF VACCINATION AND RE-VACCINATION.
388 himself, and by degrees he would thus prepare armed, the great
arena
to
enter, well
of life.
Let those who are ready to undertake this system of clinical it with zeal and earnestness, and it must bring much fruit ; above all, it will cultivate a scientific spirit, a spirit of truthful and trustworthy research; and by doing this, and by raising the intellectnal standard of our profession, it will materially assist in removing the incubus of quackery which weighs upon our country. I have the honour to be, Sir, yours obediently, A FELLOW OF THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS. Oct., 1852.
teaching, do
INFLUENCE OF VACCINATION AND RE-VACCINATION.
To the Editor of THE LANCET. a devout believer in the efficacy of vaccination, when SiR,—As properly performed and re-performed, which belief has not been lessened by twenty-five years of extensive and successful vaccination and re-vaccination, I beg leave to send you the following case, as an illustration of what may be done by the timely intervention of the immortal Jenner’s glorious prophylactic. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, SAMUEL RICHARDS, M.D. Bedford-square, October, 1852. VACCINIA AND VARIOLA. On the 8th of July last I was desired to visit E. E-aged seventeen months, in Little Newport-street, Soho. I found her covered with confluent small-pox, of which she died on the fifteenth day from the appearance of the eruption. She had not been vaccinated. The mother, whom I had put to bed about seven weeks previously, was, with her infant, constantly in attendance on the poor little sufferer. The natural expectation was that the infant must necessarily take the complaint, and the parents spoke of it as a much-dreaded yet unavoidable occurrence. I immediately vaccinated the infant, to get, if possible, the start of the small-pox, intimating to the incredulous parents that if we could not under such circumstances prevent, we might, at all events, "bother it." The vaccination took finely, and went through all its stages, although about the fifth day small-pox also made its appearance in a confluent form, but, according to my expectation, was so bothered by the vaccination, that it died off in a modified form at about six days and a half after its appearance. The child recovered rapidly, and I believe there is hardly any trace left of the fearful complaint from which it so narrowly escaped. An elder child, which I had previously vaccinated, did not take the complaint. Small-pox was very prevalent in the neighbourhood at the time, and made sad havoc amongst the unvaccinated, both children and adults.
THE REGISTRATION...- It may,
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SocIETY.-The third session of
CREWKERNE
AND
YEOVIL DISTRICT MEDICAL As-
SOCIATION.-The fourth general meeting of the members of this Association was held at Martock, October 7th, when several members and medical gentlemen of the neighbourhood dined together. A patient of Mr. STUCKEY, with enlargement of the ovaries, was examined by some of the members; and as the case was an uncommon and highly interesting one, there was con. siderable discussion as to the treatment to be pursued. A future report of the case may be published. The members confirmed their previously published opinion of the new Medical Reform Bill, and considered that, although some of the clauses were im. proved, still further alterations may be advantageously made. Mr. HENRY NORRIS, of Charmouth, brought forward a very interesting case of strangulated hernia successfully operated on, but in which death took place from peritonitis three months afterwards. Several instructive cases were also given by the members present, and it was evident that, in the country, patients die from this disease almost always from the operation being too long delayed. Illustrations of the advantages derived from the various modes of operating for the relief of strangulated hernia were adduced. Mr. HuGH NoRRis communicated a case of pleuro-pericarditis occurring insta?zta2zeoitsly, without previous exposure to cold, &c., with very early prostration, causing death on the seventh day from exhaustion, in which an autopsy discovered a deposit of cretaceous matter, as large as a walnut, in the pulmonary tex. ture, but surrounding the right bronchus at its first bifurcation, and pressing on the upper right pulmonary artery. The subject of placenta presentation and its treatment was also discussed at length. The general opinion was in favour of the old plan of speedy delivery, not trusting to the mere detachment of the placenta as a means of stopping the haemorrhage, It was resolved that the next meeting of the Society be held at Crewkerne. AND THE
MEDICAL PRO-
Tours the President commuted the sentence of imprisonment pronounced by the mixed commission of the Indreet-Loire against M. Dubrai, M.D., into simple surveillance.
FESSION.—At
Medical News. SURGEONS.
save our
this Society will commence on Monday, the 1st of November, at the house of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society, 53, Berners-street, at half past eight P.m, precisely, with an address from the president, B. G. Babington, M.D., F.R.S. A paper on " The Epidemic Suette Miliaire of the Hcrault," by Dr. Swaine, of Scarborough, will be read by Dr. Babington. We are requested by the honorary secretaries to state that medical practi. tioners will be admitted on presenting their cards.
THE FRENCH PRESIDENT
ROYAL COLLEGE
perhaps,
young friends some trouble and great inconvenience if we remind them of the necessity for registering their cards of attendance on hospital practice and lectures, at the College, any day between the 22nd and 31st instant, and of the production of their cards at the same time.
The following SANITARY CONDITION OF ST. PANCRAS.—Accordgentlemen having undergone to the medical report, the state of the district of St. Pancras ing the diploma, were admitted abutting on Agar-town, is frightfully dangerous from the accumeeting of the Court of Examiners, on the 15th inst.:mulation of filth in and about the dwelling-houses, where the ALLEN, ROBERT AUSTEN, Stewarts-town, Tyrone. water-closets are constantly forcing their contents across the BAUER, CARL AUGUST LUDWIG, London. floorings and stairs. CHEATLE, Thomas HENRY, Burford, Oxon. THE MiLiTiA.—&. has OF
-
the necessary examinations for Members of the College at the
COCKERILL, ROBERT WILLIAM, Greenwich. DAVENPORT, CHARLES, Welford, Gloucestershire.
been
DONEGAN, STEPHEN, Cork. EASTCOTT, JAMES CROWDER, St. Pancras. INGHAM, AMOS, Hebdenbridge, Yorkshire. MIDDLESHIP, EDWARD ARCHIBALD, Hon. East India Company’s Service, Bengal. MORRIS, MATTHEW, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire. NICHoLLS, JAMES, Trekenning, Cornwall. WINTER, JAMES, Dublin. At the same meeting of the Court, Mr. JOHN WALROND CLEAVE passed his examination for Naval Surgeon. This gentleman had previously been admitted a Member of the College, his diploma bearing date March 3, 1848.
APOTHECARIES’ HALL.—Names of
gentlemen
passed their examination in the science and practice cine, and received certificates to practise, on Thursday, October 14th, 1852. BLATHERWICK, CHARLES, Titchfield, Hants. MACMILLAN, ANGUS, Hull. MASSEY, ALBERT, Camberwell.
NICHOLLS, JAMES, Trekenning, Cornwall.
who
of medi-
Cole, assistant-surgeon,
appointed surgeon to the Cambridge Militia, vice Eaton, resigned ; and Messrs. Shorland and Colborne are gazetted surgeons to the Royal Wilts Militia. SANITARY STATE OF COTTENHAM.-SO prevalent and so fatal is fever proving in this district, that one day last week was observed as a day of humiliation and prayer. All shops were closed, and service was performed in every church and chapel. LiMERicK.—In St. John’s Fever Hospital there have been only nine deaths during the past three months-a fact creditable to the governors and physicians of the institution. ANOTHER DEATH FROM CHLOROFORM.—At Earlstown, Newcastle, Mr. Martin, a cattle dealer, died while under the influence of chloroform, administered cautiously by Dr. Brown, who applied more than the usual quantity of the best quality, while he was destroying some ulcers with caustic. OxFORD.-Dr. Lees,
Reading,
commences a course
of lectures on anatomy and physiology, on Friday, the 29th inst., in Christ’s Church Museum, to be continued each Tuesday and Friday during the session.
arena
to
enter, well
of life.
Let those who are ready to undertake this system of clinical it with zeal and earnestness, and it must bring much fruit ; above all, it will cultivate a scientific spirit, a spirit of truthful and trustworthy research; and by doing this, and by raising the intellectnal standard of our profession, it will materially assist in removing the incubus of quackery which weighs upon our country. I have the honour to be, Sir, yours obediently, A FELLOW OF THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS. Oct., 1852.
teaching, do
INFLUENCE OF VACCINATION AND RE-VACCINATION.
To the Editor of THE LANCET. a devout believer in the efficacy of vaccination, when SiR,—As properly performed and re-performed, which belief has not been lessened by twenty-five years of extensive and successful vaccination and re-vaccination, I beg leave to send you the following case, as an illustration of what may be done by the timely intervention of the immortal Jenner’s glorious prophylactic. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, SAMUEL RICHARDS, M.D. Bedford-square, October, 1852. VACCINIA AND VARIOLA. On the 8th of July last I was desired to visit E. E-aged seventeen months, in Little Newport-street, Soho. I found her covered with confluent small-pox, of which she died on the fifteenth day from the appearance of the eruption. She had not been vaccinated. The mother, whom I had put to bed about seven weeks previously, was, with her infant, constantly in attendance on the poor little sufferer. The natural expectation was that the infant must necessarily take the complaint, and the parents spoke of it as a much-dreaded yet unavoidable occurrence. I immediately vaccinated the infant, to get, if possible, the start of the small-pox, intimating to the incredulous parents that if we could not under such circumstances prevent, we might, at all events, "bother it." The vaccination took finely, and went through all its stages, although about the fifth day small-pox also made its appearance in a confluent form, but, according to my expectation, was so bothered by the vaccination, that it died off in a modified form at about six days and a half after its appearance. The child recovered rapidly, and I believe there is hardly any trace left of the fearful complaint from which it so narrowly escaped. An elder child, which I had previously vaccinated, did not take the complaint. Small-pox was very prevalent in the neighbourhood at the time, and made sad havoc amongst the unvaccinated, both children and adults.
THE REGISTRATION...- It may,
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SocIETY.-The third session of
CREWKERNE
AND
YEOVIL DISTRICT MEDICAL As-
SOCIATION.-The fourth general meeting of the members of this Association was held at Martock, October 7th, when several members and medical gentlemen of the neighbourhood dined together. A patient of Mr. STUCKEY, with enlargement of the ovaries, was examined by some of the members; and as the case was an uncommon and highly interesting one, there was con. siderable discussion as to the treatment to be pursued. A future report of the case may be published. The members confirmed their previously published opinion of the new Medical Reform Bill, and considered that, although some of the clauses were im. proved, still further alterations may be advantageously made. Mr. HENRY NORRIS, of Charmouth, brought forward a very interesting case of strangulated hernia successfully operated on, but in which death took place from peritonitis three months afterwards. Several instructive cases were also given by the members present, and it was evident that, in the country, patients die from this disease almost always from the operation being too long delayed. Illustrations of the advantages derived from the various modes of operating for the relief of strangulated hernia were adduced. Mr. HuGH NoRRis communicated a case of pleuro-pericarditis occurring insta?zta2zeoitsly, without previous exposure to cold, &c., with very early prostration, causing death on the seventh day from exhaustion, in which an autopsy discovered a deposit of cretaceous matter, as large as a walnut, in the pulmonary tex. ture, but surrounding the right bronchus at its first bifurcation, and pressing on the upper right pulmonary artery. The subject of placenta presentation and its treatment was also discussed at length. The general opinion was in favour of the old plan of speedy delivery, not trusting to the mere detachment of the placenta as a means of stopping the haemorrhage, It was resolved that the next meeting of the Society be held at Crewkerne. AND THE
MEDICAL PRO-
Tours the President commuted the sentence of imprisonment pronounced by the mixed commission of the Indreet-Loire against M. Dubrai, M.D., into simple surveillance.
FESSION.—At
Medical News. SURGEONS.
save our
this Society will commence on Monday, the 1st of November, at the house of the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society, 53, Berners-street, at half past eight P.m, precisely, with an address from the president, B. G. Babington, M.D., F.R.S. A paper on " The Epidemic Suette Miliaire of the Hcrault," by Dr. Swaine, of Scarborough, will be read by Dr. Babington. We are requested by the honorary secretaries to state that medical practi. tioners will be admitted on presenting their cards.
THE FRENCH PRESIDENT
ROYAL COLLEGE
perhaps,
young friends some trouble and great inconvenience if we remind them of the necessity for registering their cards of attendance on hospital practice and lectures, at the College, any day between the 22nd and 31st instant, and of the production of their cards at the same time.
The following SANITARY CONDITION OF ST. PANCRAS.—Accordgentlemen having undergone to the medical report, the state of the district of St. Pancras ing the diploma, were admitted abutting on Agar-town, is frightfully dangerous from the accumeeting of the Court of Examiners, on the 15th inst.:mulation of filth in and about the dwelling-houses, where the ALLEN, ROBERT AUSTEN, Stewarts-town, Tyrone. water-closets are constantly forcing their contents across the BAUER, CARL AUGUST LUDWIG, London. floorings and stairs. CHEATLE, Thomas HENRY, Burford, Oxon. THE MiLiTiA.—&. has OF
-
the necessary examinations for Members of the College at the
COCKERILL, ROBERT WILLIAM, Greenwich. DAVENPORT, CHARLES, Welford, Gloucestershire.
been
DONEGAN, STEPHEN, Cork. EASTCOTT, JAMES CROWDER, St. Pancras. INGHAM, AMOS, Hebdenbridge, Yorkshire. MIDDLESHIP, EDWARD ARCHIBALD, Hon. East India Company’s Service, Bengal. MORRIS, MATTHEW, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire. NICHoLLS, JAMES, Trekenning, Cornwall. WINTER, JAMES, Dublin. At the same meeting of the Court, Mr. JOHN WALROND CLEAVE passed his examination for Naval Surgeon. This gentleman had previously been admitted a Member of the College, his diploma bearing date March 3, 1848.
APOTHECARIES’ HALL.—Names of
gentlemen
passed their examination in the science and practice cine, and received certificates to practise, on Thursday, October 14th, 1852. BLATHERWICK, CHARLES, Titchfield, Hants. MACMILLAN, ANGUS, Hull. MASSEY, ALBERT, Camberwell.
NICHOLLS, JAMES, Trekenning, Cornwall.
who
of medi-
Cole, assistant-surgeon,
appointed surgeon to the Cambridge Militia, vice Eaton, resigned ; and Messrs. Shorland and Colborne are gazetted surgeons to the Royal Wilts Militia. SANITARY STATE OF COTTENHAM.-SO prevalent and so fatal is fever proving in this district, that one day last week was observed as a day of humiliation and prayer. All shops were closed, and service was performed in every church and chapel. LiMERicK.—In St. John’s Fever Hospital there have been only nine deaths during the past three months-a fact creditable to the governors and physicians of the institution. ANOTHER DEATH FROM CHLOROFORM.—At Earlstown, Newcastle, Mr. Martin, a cattle dealer, died while under the influence of chloroform, administered cautiously by Dr. Brown, who applied more than the usual quantity of the best quality, while he was destroying some ulcers with caustic. OxFORD.-Dr. Lees,
Reading,
commences a course
of lectures on anatomy and physiology, on Friday, the 29th inst., in Christ’s Church Museum, to be continued each Tuesday and Friday during the session.