Calf vaccination in Prussia / by W. J. Simpson.

  • Simpson, W. J.
Date:
1897
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Credit: Calf vaccination in Prussia / by W. J. Simpson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Govevnraent recognise the important role in the opposition to vaccination played by removable causes, such as the dislike of a large number of ])arents to their children being vaccinated with lymph taken from another child, and the further dislike to lymph being taken from the ripe vesicles on their child and transfei'red to the arms of other children. There are eijiht institutions in Prussia such as the one 1 am about to describe. The one I saw, and the oldest, is at Viehhof Central, on the outskirts of Berlin. Dr. Koch kiiidly arranged for me a meeting with Dr. M. Schuiz, the director of the institution, who, with much patience and courtesy, showed me everything connected with the institute. It is situated close to the cattle market and slaughter-house of Berlin, in an airy and clean locality, and the building devoted to the vaccine preparation consists of a cowshed and two other rooms. The cowshed is well lighted and well ventilated with eight compartments on each side for the calves. It is excellently paved and drained, and is cleansed by means of a hose attached to a hydrant on the premises. On the pavement of the compartments there is placed an additional flooring, consisting of wooden laths fixed on iron I'ails, which can be taken up regularly and thoroughly cleansed and dried. This movable floor is sufliciently high to permit of the pavement underneath being thoroughly cleansed out by the hose without disturbance of the animal. On the vsrooden fl,oor straw is spi'ead, which forms a soft bed for the animals. Adjoining the shed is a good-sized room for vacciuatinor the calves ; it contains two tiltinsf tables with straps and pads so arranged that the calves can be fixed to the tables with the least possible trouble and with cunifort to the