Several cases of smallpox have been reported in West Hickory and quite a few have been reported in the country, but the prevention of the disease is vaccination. As much as the public would like to sympathize with a smallpox victim, that is almost impossible. Every man, woman and child knows a simple method of prevention—the scratch on the arm and an injection of serum are harmless, and anybody can have it done.
If you don’t believe in vaccination, you are likely to have the worst sort of case; and you are in luck if your case should be mild. Nobody will shed any tears for the persons who don’t take preventive measures against the disease.
(From the Hickory Daily Record, Jan. 19, 1921)
No comments:
Post a Comment