g the first week of the eruption it was evidently aborting and
without doubt as the result of vaccination eight days before the eruption.
A complete and fine recovery. Certainly an aborted course, with scarcely a
mark left, and not another case in the above family, whom necessity
compelled to occupy the same house, the same rooms, continual contact with
the contagion, scores one more big credit mark for vaccination."

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With what should one be Vaccinated.--Because the potency of virus depends
largely upon its being fresh, and it is so easy to obtain pure and fresh
bovine virus, and because such bovine virus is efficient it is better in
all cases to use only the pure and fresh bovine virus.

Where should Vaccination be Performed.--In a room or place free from
persons suffering from disease, and from dust which may convey to the
scratched surface germs of any communicable disease; certainly not in or
near a room where there is erysipelas or consumption, nor in the presence
of one who has just come from a person sick with erysipelas, diphtheria,
or scarlet fever.

By whom should one be Vaccinated.--The operation of vaccination should be
performed always by a competent and responsible physician. To try to
vaccinate one's self or one's family is poor economy, for it often results
not only in a waste of money and of time, but in a false and dangerous
feeling of security. To trust to vaccination by nurses and midwives is
equally foolish. A well-educated and experienced physician has the skill,
and the special knowledge necessary to the best judgment on all of the
questions involved, without which the operation may be a failure or worse
than a failure. In work of this kind the best is the cheapest, whatever it
costs.

After Vaccination.--Let the vaccinated place alone. Do not scratch it or
otherwise transfer the virus where it is not wanted. Protect it by a
bandage, or cloth which has been boiled and ironed with a hot iron. Try to
keep the pustule unbroken, as a protection against germs of diseases and
against unnecessary discomfort. A bad sore arm may not be and probably is
not true vaccination, but may be due to lack of care during and after
vaccination to keep out septic germs.

Common appearances after Vaccination.--For a day or two nothing unusual
should appear. A few days after that, if it succeeds regularly, the skin
will become red, then a pimple will form, and on the pimple a little
vesicle