Vaccination and vaccine virus.

  • Martin, Henry A. (Henry Austin), 1824-1884.
Date:
[1861?]
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Credit: Vaccination and vaccine virus. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TERMS. Quill Points, 12 prepared in such a manner that the lymph cannot chip off, and thoroughly charged, .... $1.00 Selected, fresh and perfect Crusts, securely mounted in Gutta Percha, each, . . . . . . . .1.00 Glass Capillary Tubes, hermetically scaled, containing fluid lymph each, ........ 1.00 I have found that packages transmitted by mail reach thejr destination with great certainty, and much more rapidly, generally, than when sent by express. When sent by mail I pay the postage, and as I have only failed once to receive money by the same channel, remittances to me shall be at my risk. It may be well to state that in cold weather all forms of good lymph are relia- ble, but that in summer that preserved on quill points is, no matter how good it may have been originally, liable to fail. Lymph, particularly on quill points, will now and then prove inefficient, even when frebh, from perfect vesicles, and packed with every precaution. The cause of this is probably generally an expo- sure, however short, to a degree of temperature which destroys the vitality of the virus. When failure follows the use of lymph supplied by me, I shall be happy to remit a fresh supply, if notified within two weeks. Ob, if DEEMED PRE- FERABLE, I WILL RETURN THE MONEY RECEIVED THEREFOR. I shall be perfectly willing to do this, as it is certainly enough annoyance for a physician to fail from using worthless matter, without paying for it. I trust this offer will be accepted as proof, as it certainly is, of confidence in my ability to furnish perfectly reliable ljmph. There is not much risk, however, to me, as although every remittance of lymph is accompanied by an urgent request for notification of failure, I have received not more than twenty complaints from nearly one thousand physicians supplied since March, 1859. REFEREXCES. Professors Chankixc and Holmes, M. M., D. D., Harvard University. Professor D Crosby, M. D., Dartmouth College. Professor G. Kimbali, M. D., Formerly of Pittsfield Medical Institution. Dr. Henry Baetlett, Roxbury. Dr Josiah Crosby, Manchester, N. H. For Commendatory Extracts from Letters, see page 8, el seq. Address, Dr. HENRY A. MARTIN, Roxbury, Mass.