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Who should be Vaccinated

Categories: Infectious Diseases

Everybody, old and young, for his own interest,
and that he may not become a breeding place for the distribution of

smallpox to others, should seek that protection from smallpox which is

afforded by vaccination alone. It is believed that all persons except

those mentioned in the following paragraph may, if the operation is

properly performed, at the proper time, and with pure bovine virus, be

vaccinated with perfect safety to themselves. Even those who have had

smallpox should be vaccinated, for otherwise they may take the disease;

and it seems to be proved that a larger proportion, of those who have

smallpox a second time, die than of those who have the disease after

vaccination.



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