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Identifier: diseasesofinfan00fisc (find matches)
Title: Diseases of infancy and childhood
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Fischer, Louis, 1864- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Children
Publisher: Philadelphia, F. A. Davis company (etc., etc.)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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r other filthy habits. (Bead chapter onVaricella.^) Syphilis and tuberculosis are mentioned as accidental infections, but Ihave never seen or heard of a lona fide case resulting from vaccination. Varieties of Vaccine.—(a) Humanized, (h) Bovine. Humanized vac-cine is rarely or never used. By using human virus the chance of conveyingS3philis or other disease has been thought possible. Therefore, the bovinevirus has been given preference. Where to Inoculate.—Usually on the arm, although the leg is some-times preferred for females. The upper third of the arm is the part usuallychosen. When preference is shown for vaccination on the leg in femaleinfants, the lower anterior outer third should be chosen. Good vaccinevims will take on almost any part of the body. Method of Inoculation.—The parts to be inoculated should be cleanedwith soap and water; also the operators hands. After thorough drying ofthe parts with cotton, a sterile needle should be used for scarification. A )>LATK XXX
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Vaeoiniii Followino- Vaccination. Nolo a ros(H>la cxtcmliuu- o\ov the leftarm aiul lc face ami abdom n. TlnMt were no constitutional ilis-tmbanccs. The rash appiared bclwetn (he smcntli ami eiiihth Jays afterthe vaicinalion. 11 lasltnl \\\o il;i\s. (Oriuinal.) VACCINIA. 045 small area of epidermis should be removed, but no blood should be drawn.No antiseptic should be used to clean the part to be inoculated; otherwise,we destroy the vaccine virus. Welch and Schamberg/ in a series of cases, call particular attention tothe great difference in the death-rate between the vaccinated and the un-vaccinated patients. Those who were vaccinated in infancy and showedgood scars gave the remarkably low death-rate of 2.61 per cent., as againstthe high death-rate of 28.17 per cent, in the unvaccinated. There is nodoubt that all those who showed either good or fair scars were successfullyvaccinated. If we consider them together, the death-rate is 4.84 per cent. In making a comp

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