The health of the school child / by W. Leslie Mackenzie.

  • Leslie Mackenzie
Date:
1906
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Credit: The health of the school child / by W. Leslie Mackenzie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    NOTE ON RE-VACCINATION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN IN GERMANY ERMAN school children are re-vaccinated just before they leave the elementary school. Through the good offices of Dr. Bruce Low, of the English Local Government Board, I was able to be present at the re-vaccination of some seventy school children from a Wiesbaden elementary school. The vaccinator was Dr. August Strieker, to whom I have been indebted for much information on the practical aspects of medical inspection. The children, on this occasion girls only, were assembled in a room of the Municipal Buildings. They were in charge of a teacher, who directed the necessary exposure of the arms. There was also in attendance a Nursing Sister, who cleansed with ether the arms to be vaccinated. The cleansing was done immediately before the operation, and, as the ether evaporates in a few seconds, no trace of antiseptic was left to disturb the effect of the lymph. Meanwhile, the two clerks had prepared a com- plete list of the children. Forms of certificate were at hand and partly filled in, ready for signature. Then the doctor appeared. He took from his case a conserve of calf lymph and emptied it into a small glass saucer. He next opened a piece of aseptic gauze, which contained about one hundred small lancets.