Excerpt from Small-Pox: Its Prevention, Restriction and SuppressionBut even in the virulent disease, the lesson of vace mains pronounced and certain. No case of small-pox found in one who has been recently successfully vaccina the unvaccinated alone who contract the disease readily fer acutely, who succumb to the scourge or who live as menace to those about them. Nurses, attendants and 1 who have never had' the disease work among the suff impunity, relying entirely for protection upon vaccin the history of small-pox and vaccination proves that dence has never been misplaced. That the closest con successfully vaccinated with small-pox patients is not with unfortunate results is indicated in instances see those who care for small-pox patients. In one Illinois father was taken with a severe case of small-pox. Tht children were at once vaccinated and then isolated witi fretful baby in the family required constant attention, ai his convalescence, but while his skin was still covered tules and scabs, the father carried the little one day and had her constantly with him. The child did not co disease. She was vaccinated!In another case in Illinois an infant of three months ed small-pox in virulent form. The mother was vacc accompanied the child to the isolation hospital. He mained and cared for the infant, nursing it at her brt can hardly imagine a more intimate relationship tha: this mother and this af¿icted nursing infant, still' the I not contract small-pox. She was vaccinated!About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.