The Regency Library
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Regency Medicine and Home Remedies from The European Magazine Jan.-June 1815. January 1815. Page 37-39. National Vaccine Establishment. At a Board, holden on the 6th day of October 1814. Resolved.—That there be three classes of Vaccinators, namely, Stationary, Extraordinary, and Corresponding. That the Vaccinators of each class be Members of the Royal College of Surgeons in London. That every Vaccinator retain his office during the pleasure of the Board: and upon such conditions as the Board shall, from time to time judge proper. That Stationary and Extraordinary Vaccinators be chosen by the Board. That Corresponding Vaccinators be appointed by the Board; or by the inhabitants of the distant parishes of districts. That Extraordinary Vaccinators be resided within, or, in the vicinity of, the Metropolis: and that each of them be expected to sign a copy of the following form of engagement: “I hereby engage to Extraordinary Vaccinator of the National Vaccine Establishment, to vaccinate, gratuitously, the infant poor, and other proper objects, who shall apply, or be presented to me, for Vaccination: to promote, to the utmost of my power, the practice of Vaccination: and upon every occasion, to act conformably to the instructions which I have received, or which I may receive, from the Board of the establishment.” That Corresponding Vaccinators be resident in the United Kingdom and its dependencies: not in the vicinity of the metropolis: and that, whether appointed by the inhabitants of parishes, or districts, or by the Board, each of them be expected to keep a register of persons whom he shall vaccinate, with remarks upon interesting occurrences: and annually to communicate a summary thereof to the Board of the establishment. That every Corresponding Vaccinator be allowed copies of the printed directions of the Board relating to Vaccination, and to supplies of Vaccine Lymph, upon due application to the Board. That a list of the Members and Officers of the Board, and of the Vaccinators under the three district heads, be annually printed: that a copy thereof be sent to each of such persons: and that copies be otherwise distributed according to the directions of the Board, for the public information and benefit. That to induce the appointment of Corresponding Vaccinators, and, also otherwise to further the designs of the establishment, an advertisement, in the following terms, be inserted in such public papers, and be otherwise printed and circulated, as the Board shall from time to time direct: and that such advertisement have the signature of the Members of the Board. NATIONAL VACCINE ESTABLISHMENT The Board of the National Vaccine Establishment, under the authority of Government—in pursuance of their duty, to extend, by all possible means, the practice of Vaccination, and thereby to accelerate the extermination of Small Pox from this nation, as, happily, has already been effected in some countries where, before the introduction of Vaccination, that disease was prevalent and generally destructive—do recommend to the inhabitants of parishes in the United Kingdom and its dependencies, not in the vicinity of the metropolis, to appoint so many Members of the Royal College of Surgeons in London as may be judged expedient, Corresponding Vaccinators of the National Vaccine Establishment: who shall each be expected to vaccinate, gratuitously, the infant poor, and other proper objects, inhabitants of the district to which he shall be appointed: to keep a register of the persons whom he shall vaccinate, with remarks upon interesting occurrences; and annually to communicate the summary thereof to the Board of the Establishment, addressed to “Dr. Hervey, National Vaccine Establishment, Leicester-square,” under cover to “The Right Hon. The Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whitehall.” And every person who shall be appointed as here in recommended, will be recognized by the Board as a Corresponding Vaccinator of the National Vaccine Establishment: and will accordingly, receive, free of expence, the printed directions of the Board relating to Vaccination: and, at all times, necessary supplies of Vaccine Lymph. The Board, also, earnestly solicit the enlightened and benevolent Clergy of the United Kingdom and its dependencies, to exhort their parishioners favourably to receive, and justly to estimate, the blessing providentially pointed out for immediate security against the infection of Small Pox, and, eventually, for the total eradication of that contagious, loathsome, and fatal disease; and, particularly, to impress upon their minds, the special duty of the directors of institutions for the benefit of the infant poor, to obtain for the objects of their charitable attention, timely and proper Vaccination. And the Board solemnly call upon all persons, especially the Magistrates of the United Kingdom, as they value the lives of human beings, to use their influence and authority in preventing the exposure of persons having upon them Small Pox; and, so far in arresting the propagation, and forwarding the extinction, of that pestilent malady.
James Hervey, M.D. Registrar. Board Room, Leicester-square, October 6, 1814 &&&&& Vaccination in France The King has placed at the disposal of his Home Minister certain funds for the remuneration and encouragement of Vaccinators: viz. a first prize of the value of 3000 francs, two second prizes of the value of 2000 francs, and three others of 1000 francs each, to be given proportionally to those who have vaccinated in the most extensive and successful manner; besides 100 medals for the encouragement of those who addict themselves exclusively to the practice and improvement of Vaccination.—These prizes and rewards are to be distributed annually. &&&&&& February 1815 at 104. A Recipe for an Inflammation of the Bowels. The following easy remedy for this malady is said to be now used by an eminent practitioner of Bristol, who has tried it for years, and never found it to fail:--A common bread and milk poultice applied as warm over the part affected as can well be borne. &&&&&&& April 1815 at 327. Remedy in Case of Swallowing Pins. A person in Pendleton, who was informed of a neighbour having swallowed a pin, resorted to the following expedient with success:--He administered four grains of tartar emetic in warm water, and afterwards, prevailed upon the patient to drink the white from six eggs, which coagulated upon the stomach before the tartar operated, enveloped the pin, and brought it up. There is a well-authenticated instance upon record of a person who swallowed twenty-four pins being made to throw up the whole by the above method. The same may be used with success for fish and other sharp bones. For a Dysentery. Roll several folds of flannel round the body, from the chest to the waist; drink water, in which rice has been boiled, being very careful to strain away from it every particle of the husks, for they do harm.—This simple remedy is universally resorted to in Egypt, where the disorder is so common, and is considered as a certain cure. All spirituous and heating liquors should be avoided. For the Gout. Take half-a-pound of sun raisins, stoned; two drachms of senna; one drachm of coriander seeds; one drachm of fennel seeds; (both these seeds must be bruised), half a drachm of cochineal; half-a drachm of saffron; half-a-drachm of liquorice root, sliced; one ounce of rhubarb, sliced thin; infuse these in a quart of the best French brandy for ten days; then strain it off, and add a pint more to the same ingredients: let it stand a fortnight, and then strain it off, and mix the first and last together. Whenever the gout is in the head, stomach, or bowels, take two or three table spoonfuls in as much boiling water as will make it as hot a it can be drank. If the pain be not removed in half-an-hour, repeat it until ease be procured. &&&&&&& May 1816. Hydrophobia. A family of the name of McGauvern, residing in an obscure part of the mountains of Sleaveancirin, in the county of Leitrim, are in the possession of an infallible cure for canine madness or hydrophobia—the secret has been only transferred by tradition from father to son. There can exist no doubt that the promulgating such a cure would be conferring a blessing and a benefit on mankind: and until that secret which is now confined to the family of the McGauverns is, through pecuniary means, made public, we take the opportunity of giving publicity to a remedy that has been fully proved to be effectual: it has been tried with the most happy success in the following instance:--two children, playing together, were bit by the same dog, and much torn: the father of one of them applied for medical aid, and brought his child to the salt water of Tramore, and melancholy to relate, was seized with the hydrophobia, and previous to its death knawed and tore its own flesh off; the father of the other applied the remedy: the child is well and living; and several grown-up persons have taken it with success. It has also been tried upon cattle, and succeeded; and it has been fully proved by gentlemen, in the following manner, whose hounds have been bitten:--They have caused the dogs bitten to be tied up, and to ascertain the efficacy gave the cure to thirty favourites, and left the others to chance, and in no instance did there a single dog go mad that got the cure, whilst the others were obliged in a few days to be shot. The following is the cure for the bite of a mad dog:--
The first two ingredients are to be pounded. The whole to be infused in one quart of strong beer, and to let simmer over a slow fire closely covered up, until it is reduced to one pint: six spoonfuls to be taken three mornings fasting, then stop for three, and continue so every alternate three mornings until the patient takes it nine days. The remedy ought to be applied before nine days elapse: it has, nevertheless, been taken when dangerous symptoms appeared, and with success in the case of a man: no liquor or meats should be made use of during the cure. |
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