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About Augusta herald. (Augusta [Ga.]) 1799-1822 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 6, 1802)
thr infinite V.ein ;> ferv'tce lie hi! confer- ! ? Though unwilling, I am compelled to fiv that many are. Yes : too miny prejudices still cxiits sgginft the vaccine disease. Tiiey are tnmrioos to iociety an f not lel 3 so whether they arile tr > na circumfcriied know if I ge of its nature, or from t’v: bane ful infl.ien :s of certain rtdgious furuples. Not with!) in lin \ th; faccefs which Ins attended the- new iaoeulin n in E trope; and although it ms been fan&ioned by characters of uni nptiched veracity noth there arid in the Unhid states, yet Strati to tell; opponents ftt l are fonn ( Thefirft magi it rate of the o lion has oore than once uorquivor iMy de dare I liis ap probation of it alter rnimeriutis fair tria s. He has fai 1 it is the tn ;!( i dporrartt dis covery to humiti iife t > so md in the annals of medicine. O hen of equal ref potability, if not place I in as dignified offices have also done so. if invidious charaters will dare to doubt the veracity of some of the fitter becatife they miv suppose them to be vcnally influenced, will they call in qneftion that of the “ Man of the People?” if the ungenerous and uncharitable insinuation of iotereft be al ledged to the profeflbrs of medicine, sure ly Mr. fefferfon cannot be charged with it. His obj-cf cannot be sordid gain : nor can it be a fleeting popularity; beeaufe it lias t >0 generally met the disapprobation of the people. I beg to be underflood. When I fay the “People” 1 do not mean the more enlightened portion of them, for they have aimoft nmverfally fanflioned the Kine-pox, but I allude to that portion who without knowledge theinfelves, would willingly deny it to others ; and in the rant of modern philosophy, or in confor nitv with the absurd equalizing fyflem of the French school won l bring them down to the meridian of their own understanding—Such opposition did the Kine-Pock meet with in this county . but in drift ioffice to tlie more inteligent part of the co n n ;uity, I murt declare that they readily embraced it. A number of individuals whole aflertio is where as base as t.aeir reports vere malicious and gr-auod lefs, opposed it. Surmounting the feeble barriersraifed by ignorance atjd prejudice, I enjoy the pleating reflection that I have aided in extending the b!e,lings of this invaluable difeovery—l have vaccinated about forty persons, a i l the result his been equal to my m oft (anguine expedi tions. Not a (ingle case has occurred w here the symptoms were at all alarming. Mad of them were unattended with gen eral in lifpofition ; none appeared where the patient was prevented fro n attending to his ordinary pursuits ; nor was th-re a Angle instance where the local a(Fcftion excited any ipprehenfions. For an en 1 mention of all the decided advantages which vaccinif’m Ins over the Small Pox in its mil left form, I beg leave to refer to a publication i i the Augufla Herald of the 6th of fanuary lafl, and to various others in t'i: M • iical Repository, as also to those of Aikin, VVatcrhoufe, Pearson, &c. Sec. Let it fntfice to (ay ; isl. That it will efFe Lialy secure the fyflem from the Snall-P >x. This is the grand object, and if properly pro tec it ted it bids fair to exterminate that loathsome ari l dreadful rrvfttdv. I have been told that a member of the faculty has said that its preventive power was Ii nlted to a cer tain fliort period. This is as truly far cical and abfurdas the aflertion of another physician that the disease might be com irunicated from matter taken at any Page of the disease. As a correspondent has observed, a certain somewhat might be produce I, but not the genuine vaccine rack. Those who vaccinate with mattet chits tndiferim inatt ly taken at every stage of the disease, are not more entitled to censure thaa their patients to pity for being made the mi (arable dupes of obftiniQ an l igno rance—\s to the preventive eiftcacv of the genuine Kine-Pock, it has been ren- I dered incooteftible. No unfavourable suggestions fli >u!d now he made again ft it. Innumerable ids have deter nined it Among others that h ive come within my knowledge, I beg Live to make an extr.nft of a letter fr > n Dodor Rain fay of Charles ton, dit.-d April sth, tfluz. He fays, “ I have tested mv fir't eight vaccinated pa tients with the Sina!l-Pox, which thev refifled. Many more have been in the way of it without catching it.” Here then, upon additional authority which cannot be doubted we have pnf itive proof that it will secure the lyftem from the Small-Pox. Secconlly, Some oft' „ important ad vantages which v.accinifm has over the Small-Pox, are, that it is never fatal, fel dora confines a patient, requires little or no mirling, does not render previous preparation in diet or medicine necelfirv; it may he performed at ill seasons of the y ir with faiety, it never impairs beauty, an lit is not conta’isus. A want of con fidence in tuis lift tad (ns o )-rated much ag in ft the mere general adoption of the vaccine lileale. Phofe who in lulge feirs from this -iren nftmee niv be conii lent lv allure I 'h it the ble lings of the Koe Pock will n >t be i n jarted to the n unless dilpole Ito receive it. Its favors will nev er be granted unlels they are ii'fl folic red I have several times inoc ilited pirts of families while an unreftraiiied intercourse with the rest 'vas maintained throughout the whole progref. of the disease, without the fearer the poflibi'ity of its being com municated from the one to the other. In fad, to luppofe it infeftious is to dis believe the evidence of our senses, and to doubt the tri'ib of the plainest fads— Thole w hich J have fluted above are con firmed by the very refpedahle teltimony of Doftnrs Kamfay and Rufli ; the last of whom has observed in a letter received ir m him dated the 15th February !?ft ; “ 1 confider rs fubflitution to the Small- P'-x as tiie gre.iteft' difeovery of the id'll century, it bids fair to annihilate the Small-Pox in a few years, and thereby to fivr many millions of lives.” riitr.'Hj,*. It is not an eruptive disease. No cases of eruption have been observed by me. I cunti - their occasional ap pearance as an accidental circumstance, ami not as being nectflarily connected with the nature of the disease. Doctor Ramsay in the letter before quoted has kindly observed, “1 have not seen any eruptions attending or following vaccina tion, or any other disease whatever that could be tairlv charged to it.” Thus are we allured of the fafety, ml’d nefs, elivacy, and simplicity of vaccinifm. The la It of these circumstances I am weii a flu red has tn some inft.ances I'-een viewed man improper light, and inferences has been drawn which will eventually endan gcr the lives of many individuals.—My allusion, is, that many persons unacquaint ed with some of the mol) important ttfts relative to the disease have become inocu lators—From matter taken at an impro per period the purious disease wi'l be produced, and tnus, as has already been the case, the genuine one will be brought into dilcredit, and life, perhaps, be made the forfeit. This has also been noticed by Doftor ft mer. Speaking of the errors which inoculators for the Kine-Pock have committed, he ot serves, “ conceiving the whole process to be so extremely Ample as not to ad nit of a mistake, they have been heed*ef- about the flute of the vaccine vims; and finding it limpid, as part of it will be, even in an advanced flageofthe pustule, when the greater portion has been converted into a scab, they have felt an improper confidence, and sometimes mif takeu a fpuriaus pustule, which the vac cine fluid in this flue is capable of excit ing, for that which poirefles the perfect character.” For the mil obvious reasons, then, the inoculation (or the vaccine pock (liould be in the hinds of profell'ois of medicine, or t ofe only who are perfectly acquainted with its nature and symptoms. Nor fliould the infignificant object of ■ aving a few dollars induce othos who want ;lie necelfirv information to ri(k not only their own lives, bv receiving the contagion of the Small-Pox, (from an il lll (Ive idea of theirs being secure, from it and they carclefsly exposing themfeves) but to spread terror and devastation through a whole community—Dabblers in me iiciue too frequently, and often too fuccefsfully militate agninft its advance ment. Some of the inuovatmns in the fei ence which I deem eflentiai to the fafety and happiness of man, hive thu- had but a fli art lived reputation ; an.! thus, I with furrow anticipate that the difeovery of vaccinifm, which docs honor to the coun try which gave it birth, and which will prove a real blefliog to mankind, will, for a while, at le.ii), have its reputation tarniihed. But under fkiiful management a more pleasing view is presented to my mind; a view which is only bounded by a final, but gradual extinction ot the Smail- Pox from the world. Properly coivdmftyd it bids fair to do.fo. Wiiat a triumph. How consoling, to erase from the cata logue of ills one of the most affliiflive. Flow glorious the object, and how indi fatigable flimil ! be our exertions to ac cnmjililli it. Already has tlie genial in fluence of vaccinifm been extended over 1 large portion of the globe. Tens of thousands luve partaken of its ble!fing% and (hall t ve who have been emphi ically called an enlightened nation refufe the benefit of the difeovery ? Ought we to S.efi tite a moment, as to the propriety of granting our aid so wards the wide di.fu fion of its happy e(Fef)s—Dire we imr oour a doubt as to the authenticity of the various accounts which wi have of vaccinifm ? Forbid it justice ! Forbid it li beraiity ! They bear the test of the nict ii ferutinv : Sceptics mufl now hide their heads a'oathcd, and ignorance itfelf mufl blufli for having opposed a Yvflem so mild, so etficacious, lb important to rnaakin 1; so beneii lent. Tie 'rogrefs of truth is f i.nctimes flaw, but it is always certain. It is fvean ig So behold its irradiated beams in this ir.flancc dispelling the thick clouds of err'ran l orejudice. Mow glorious the rm-o left | Let us then seize the a.; vantages which the fennerim difeovery offers to us. \Ve ■h >jld view the Small-i’ox as a general enstnv, and as such combine our eit'rts to eradicate it from the dire catalogue nf scourges. It is an incumbent duty upon ourselves: —lt is no less a duty sve owe to nofteritv. I hope it will not be denied, that it is equally obligatory upon even individual to aid in the advancement, of : any thing > iiirh may has ea tendency to I ameliorate the condition of man in a flat; c of society, whether in the present genera tion or in ages to come : Our views ftiould not be limited by the narrow con fines of an age ; for, as the philanthropic Rulh observes, “ themen who are to live an hundred years hence, and in foreign countries, ftiould be considered as equally fellow-citizens with those who are our coevals, and who live and die in the fame country with us.” To parents I more particularly address myfelf. As the guar dians of your children's health and conse quent happiness, you ftiould be ever solicitous to secure to them those bielungs. Innumerable ills awaite them and too many dileales are ever ready to aflail their tender conftirutions and hurry them to the grave, ere yet they are taught to lisp their parents name. How conioio tary to lesson the number ! How gratify ing to bar up one of the m<Tt crouded av enues to the tomb ! The Small Pox is an evil which the utmost precaution will not always guard us again!!, and its poifened besom has swept millions from the theatre of the world. Are you not then bound to give them this mild and fafe prevei tive of it r Yes ; by all the moral obligations—by all the sacred ties which endear you to the pledges of your affection, it is an indelpefiole duty. Ido not hesitate to declare expli citly that in neglecting to do so you are ameablc for the consequences; and adop ting the words of the learned and liberal Doctor Ramsay, I freely fay, that “ the blood of all thole who hereafter die of the Small-Pox, will lie at the door of those who refufe the benefit of the new ino culation.” J. E. White. IVjyncsborough, Sept. iSo2. LONDON, July 24. Private letter from Paris , dated July iq. “ Pie.ifure and amusement are the great' objedta of pursuit here, and their votaries are giatifiea by every variety ofcnj yment. JMotwithftanding the reftoratiou of reli gion, Sunday continues to be the day peculiarly dedicated to feftivity, and a Itranger who was told that Sunday was the day appropriated to the service of the Deity mint conclude that, if the Pariliao, are faithful to the observances enjoined, they mult have the best humoured religion, as Lord Siiaftl’oury calls it, that could be dcfired. Yesterday afforded a treat to the people of this city, which for many years they have not enjoyed. This was the fpe&acie of the water works in the gardens of Verlaiilea, all in full play. No fueh grand exhibition of tliele water works has taken place since the revolution. “ Vet failles has fuffered by the revolu tion as much as any other place in France. The overthrow of the Court, of which it was the residence, has converted it al most into a desert. The streets and houses bear evident marks of decay and defla tion. The number of inhabitants, it is laid, is not a ftxth of what it was. The luperb palace has fuffered little in its ap pearance beyond what negletfl may na turally have produced. Tne heavy hand of the revolution is to be seen, "not so much in its immediate violence, as in its effects. The principal suite of rooms in the centre ofthe palace is turned into a picture gallery, appropriated for produc tions of the French school. It is called Mustc Shecail de I'Ecole Francaise. It con tains 384 objeeffs of painting and feuip ture, not to mention the paintings on the ceiling, &c. which remain entire. in thele which are well known, Louis-XIV. is exhibited in a great variety of situations, and in all the vanity of this tyrant is gra tified by the molt fatfome flatteries which the prostituted pencil could devise. “ The rooms of the palace, among which will be diltinguiftied the bed cham ber ofthe queen, where the Royal Family were finally arrelted previous to their be ing sent to the Temple and to the fcaffold, have fuffered no material injbrv. The gilding and decorations, indeed, are some what faded. Wherever the Crown ap peared it has been effaced. The Theatre is itill entire, and is occupied by detach ments of the company of the theatre Fran cais. The superb hall ofthe Opera, which must have preiented so magnificent a fpe&acle when briliantly lighted up and adorned by the splendor of tne Court, is just in the ft. te in which it was left. “ In a private room, to which the pub lic are not indiferiminately admitted, are several, family pi<ftures of the Honfe of Uourbun Those that now attra<st molt notice are Louis XVI. and his unfortunate Queen. The Qceen has her three chil- Iren belide her. There are likewise pic tures of Lcus XV. his Queen, &c. These pictures are eagerly vilited, and exhibited by Health. “ Tarre is in the apartments ofthe pa lace a mufti tn of Natural Hiftory, open to thoft who are fond of this branch of fciencr. “ The gar I. ns are in much better pre servation than I expected. The walkes ftjrubberies, &c. are in pretty good order. The grand objeft of attraction yesterday, however, was the display of water works. Several ol the hfl d'eait in the different j balins played ail the morning, and had | a very agreeable effefl. The basins have j been neglefte I, and several of them are i covered with grass. About fix o’clock the grand exhibition began. CataraCt?, \ e H d’eau, &c. in the various rurai amphi theatres, which the luxury of the Court had created, were put in motion. The infinite number of people aflembled went round the different fcenc, and the works played in fuccellion, upon a signal given. The water was thrown to an immense height and appeared in the fliape of va rious columns, pyramids, &c. The Sun (hining mi them produced reflections of light, the effect of which was eery pleasing. The w hole terminated with a grand con cert, if I may so call it, of an infinite num ber of instruments at once in the great basin to the rignt of the palace on the fide of the gardens. Columns of living water surrounded the lake. Neptune and his Tritons, and the whole host of Water Deities, pouroi fourth the stream in in finite variety of shapes. The number of IpeCtators in the Amphitheatre around, could not, according to every eflimate, be less that 100,000 persons. This was one of the molt agreeable (hows I had ever Teen, as it was quite new.—-Indeed the company in general were no less enterained than myfeif. Just as one of the jcjl began to play, the water, before it acquired its full force, iomt times rose, fbmetimes feebly declined. A well dressed French man near me said to his companion, Ils ’sieve et'il s'abaijfe , et ainsi le monde. — To thole who had been contemplating the ruins of Vars. illes, and moralifing on the vicilfitudes of human affairs, the trite reflection appeared to be singularly just. What ups and downs has this country ex hibited for the last twelve years, and who is to be up and who down in the twelve y»*r» to come, I n.ait not at preient at tempt to predict ! “ The populace leem to be proud of the right to parade at will over the superb palate and pleasure grounds of their an cient Kings. What would Louis the fourteenth have said had he known that his drawing rooms, his gardens, his grottos, his walks, fliould be laid open to the pro fane rabble, and that the rude hind fliould “tread on them daily with his clouted flioon.”—lt must he confeffed, however, that the admiflion of all classes indiferimi nately is attenpad w ith ' no injury to the objects exposed. Throughout the gardens boards are put up with a notice, “ Resped aux proprietes nationals," and Ido not * think that the injunction is disobeyed. “ The number of carriages at Versailles was immense. The file really reached to Paris. This day, certainly much more than the 14th, deserved the name of a fete. “Buonaparte upon the parade on the 14th July, was drifted in a plain blue coat, with two gold epaulets, but as toon as he returned to the Palace, he dretfed himfelf in one of the molt richest embroi dered silk coats imaginable, of a kind of marone colour, white silk waistcoat and breeches, and to add to his magnificence, he wore a fivord ornamented with the inestimable diamond, known by the name of the Regent’s diamond. “ The 15th Thermidor, or 3d Atiguft, is fixed upon fi r the First Conlul’s remov ing to St. Cloud, which has been fitted up in a stile of fplendour and magnificence fcarcelv to be imagined ; the Theatre has been pulsed down, and a new one ereCted, according to the taste of Fontaine, the architeCl, who has placed it at the end of the Orangerie, so that Buonaparte may go to it from his apartments without being seen. No Palace in Europe can vie with Sr. Cloud, in elegance or riebnefs of dsc oraiion ; 150 men are daily employed in gilding the falloons, &c. and the Museum of pictures at Verfailes is to be (Dipped for the purpose of ornamenting this feat of luxury and refinement; the eflimate of rlie ex; enees for repairing and beauty fying if, amounts to the enormious funi of 3,500,000 livers, and when the fur niture is included, the valuation will ex ceed fix millions. The Consul has ordered 60,000 livres only per month to be appro priated to the payment of these accounts.” JULY 27, TURKISH EMPIRE. Scarcely a tiny eiapfes without bringing additional evidence of the tottering state of the Turkifli Empire. Does the Divan, fluking off for a moment its apathy, and aftuming a temporary firmnefs, lend armies to quell rebellion, thole very armies be come rebels themselves, and thus the Government fees the very engines it has employed for its fafety, converted into in struments for its deftruCHon. Twenty thousand Albanians, who were charged to proteCt Romania againtt a rebel Pacha, have committed the greatest excefles, and the province which they werefent to pro tect, is one feene of rebellion, robbery, and military anarchy. Adrianople itfelf is in the power of the Rebels, and the Divan has aflembled in ihe greatest haste 20,000 JanilTarits to oppose their further progress. Can the Porte place great reliance on these Janilfaries? Under the eyes of the Government, and in the very capital, they gave themselves up to the greatest, excefles, and the Government were glad to rid Constantinople of the men whom they had railed for the chastise ment of rebellion, and the re-eftabiifli ment of order. The danger approaches the heart and feat of the empire. Paffnan Oglou is matter of all the territories on the
