Orleans High School - Sword Yearbook (Orleans, VT)

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BIOLOGP Edward Jenner Born-Berkely, England. Died-There Medical Profession Small Pox! Small Poxl this was on everybodylslipa The dread disease did spread so quickly. But why was it that the people who lived around farms and cows didn't have it as much as the people who did not live on farms? This idea did not enter anyone's mind until a young man who had studied medicine came along. he found o t that a person who had had cowpox mas immune to small pox. Edward Jenner was this young man and he went before some of the big medical men with his idea. Oh! But that's absurd! was the medical menfs answer, and they paid no attention whatsoever to this young man and his ideas. This bit of disbelief did not discourage Jenner He went forth and talked. nDo the frrmers that have oowpox have smallpoxy My fellow doctors, just stop and reason. have you ever had a patient who had cowpox, have smallpox? No, you haven't. All right. Isn't this the answer to our problems? Here,my men,is my solution for doing away with smallpox. I am calling it vaccination against this dreaded disease. Wwe all know that if a person is immune to a disease he will never have it. what I am going to do is to make people immune to this disease. It is done in the upper part of the arm. Lith a sharp lance a few rscretchos across one another are made. Some of the cowpox disease is then rubbed on the skin where the scratches have been made. if this proves successful, a small inflamed sore appears on the third day and keeps getting larger until the tenth day. Around the eighth day a small pain in the arm, a headache, and a loss of appetite-these only stay for a day or two. ffter this the fluid in the sore dries up and a scab appears. Un the twentieth day this disappears and only a scar is lolt. The person 'thus vaccinated actually has a slight case of cowpox.n Although some of these men to whom he talked thought that there was something to what he said, they only laughed and let it go by as a, Hpopular prejud1ce.n Many years passed before Edward Jenner was able to put it into effect and this was during the war between France and England. During this war he performed many vrccinations l'.' which proved successful, and after the war he lived to see his dream come true.

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WAre you aware of the hospital regulation which forbids the moving of a patient without the doctor's permission?n nYes, Dr. 0'Neil.u nThen'why do I come in here to find you with this child out of bed and singing silly nursery rhymes to her? NI-'-I--N NI am sorry for your sake, but you understand that this must be reported, and I am quite sure it will lead to your dismlssal.n UI understand, Dr. 0'Neil, but I will have the satisfaction of having made one person happier before I SO' nJust what do you.mean by that, Miss Welch?n Just this, Dr. O'Neil. You know the historyof that case. You know that both her parents were killed this morning in the crash which injured her, and you know that she hasn't a chance of living. All right. I came ln here tonight and she was crying. She was all alone in a strange place. No one left to care for her. Crying for her Mu y. 'I---I--couldn't help lt. I guess----I want my Mum y, too.n Emily turned suddenly away from him and stood watching the sleeping child. She felt him slip his arm around her and heard him say: NI lost my mother in an accident. I was alone-Q once.U Betty moved restl ssly in her sleep, then opened her eyes and smiled. She stretchev up her arms and cried, nhummyi Daddyln ' .llizabeth smith '40 Let the Heavens cry And I will sigh. Let heaven e le And I'11 feel fine. Let Death be near And I will leave For God's eternity Jhlch I fear.

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In Great Britain Sonny there is less than 3 to every 1,000,000 living persons that have smallpox. I think this speaks for itself. If you stop and think of some of the people nowadays that don't believe in vaccination and will not let their children be vaccinated you can just imagine the hard time 'Edward Jenner had in putting his idea across to bright, old men of the medical world. Greta Hemenway '42 SPECIAL ASSEMBLY ' On'the Wednesday before Memorial Day, the seventh graders, under the direction of Kiss Goodrich, presented an assembly program. They gave their marionette show, nPinocchio.N The conversations, the singing, the lively movements of the characters, and the colorful settings and costumes made very fine entertainment. Since this was a pre-Memorial Day program, Miss Rowe led the student body in singing patriotic songs be- tween the acts of the play. Then jarren Hilliard, the announcer of the program, introduced the speaker, lk. Schoppe, who spoke on the causes of the present Nord War. This talk, folloging up the European situation from 1918, was very interesting, and gave a good idea of the situation to many of us who are rather ignorant on the subject. Congratulations to the seventh grade on their fine program! JUNKDR PRQJINA , The Junior Prom was held on Twcrday, June ll, at the Orleans Municipal Hall. The Catamounts from the University of Vermont pro- vided the music for the dancing. The decorations were very effectively arranged in the form of a northern sailing scene. The senior class colors were used--blue and silver. Large and small sil- ver sailboats and anchors were a contrast against the blue waters. In the background the orchestra was placed between two icebergs. In the receiving line were' Miss Priscilla Savage, Newton Washer, Mr. and Mrs. Wells, Mr. and Mrs. Barrows, and Dr. and Mrs. Tucker. n Refreshments of punch and dainty cakes were served.