Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-30
that Is the Sum and Substance Of
Compulsory Vaccination,
FoRBlDs PERFECT HEALTH
zach n Law IL mn Unendurabic usur-
pa,ion aud Creates the Right
OF Resistance.

MY people ufe utbtToytu Tut iuch VI
knowledge. "-liosea.
Against the body OF healthy man
Parliament has no right to assault
whatever under pretence OF the public
health: nor any the more against the
body OF healthy infant. To forbid
perfect health IL tyrannical wlckcdnesa.
mat as much as to forbid chastity or
sobrlety. No inwgiver can have the
Right. The law II an uncomfortable
usurpation. and creates the right OF
resistance" Emeritus Prof Il. w.
Newman.
The above are sclf-evldcnt truths
that apply with equal force to Con-
grcss, state legislatures and health
boards, but our State health board does
not seem aware OF that fact. Its re-
cent actions reminds one very forclby
OF the Dark Ages with It's charms In
carnations and witchcrafi. When
disease like the smallpox comes among
W the most rational thing the health
board could do would be to send out
Instructions TO the people regarding the
hygenic and sanitary conditions they
should observe. Instead OF doing that.
and thus removing the cause and con
dltionH that feed the diseuae, they are
trying to enforce compulsory vaccina-
tlon and thus charm away the dis
ease.
Let us hear from some OF the best
authorities what should be done to
prevent the spreading OF smallpox and
kindred Diseases
benjamin Ward Richardson, NJ. D.,
Ill. D.. IT, X. s.. In the Field OF Dis
ease. u book OF preventive medicine
pages G73 and CSs, says. at first sight
It would appear to be an Incredible task
TO suppress tho great class Of diseases
which come under the head Of dis
eases OF zymotic origin. ana yet II IN
true that these diseases are. OF all those
Of natural origin. the most distinctly
prev, ntable. For this reason they are
sometimes called the preventable af-
fectiOnH
"in this day we have got over that
disaster 80 far. that II throughout our
towns we had proper hospital accom-
modatlons for the reception OF all
smallpox cases No soon as they occur,
and means for the complete dcstruc-
ton OF the virus which each case re-
produces In such abundance. we could
soon stamp out smallpox altogether by
ordinary sanitary measures without
vaccination"
George II. Robe. NJ. D.. in Text Book
OF Hygiene. a Comprehensive Treatise
on the Principles and Practice OF Pre-
yentivc Medicine from an American
Standpoint" book published In 1890,
ana used In many medical colleges.
gays: THE contagious ana infectious
diseases are OF particular interest to
nanitarlnns. because II IN believed that
by Judioious carrying out OF sanitary
measures they can be prevented. Hence
they are sometimes termed prcyentable
Diseases" Page 2se.
There IN however. one point upon
which neIfly all writer's who mention
the fact at all agree. This In that bad
hygienic conditions are always present
where plague prevails. Nearly all OBJ
servers who have left their impressions
on record mention the accumulation OF
NTH In the houses and streets. deficient
removal OF excrementitions, ana other
sewage matters, crowdlng and imper-
feet ventilation OF dwellings as causes
mvoring the development and spread
or the pestilcnce.
AN point out the necessity OF the re-
moval OF these evils as the most Inn
portant prophylactlc measures TO be
adopted. and all OF them call attention
10 the fact that those classes OF the
population most exposed to these I'M
favorable influences suffer most from
the violence OF the epidemic
ltohe's Hygiene. page 296.
Plague In "A near kin to smallpox
hence the means OF prevention should
be much the same. We VIII give here
the personal experience OF leading
authority regarding the smallpox cpl
demic in Montreal in 1885. DR.. a. NJ.
TOSS. Nj. d.. NJ. A.. II. II. $. l.. Eng.
gays: In March. 1855. my attention
was aroused by u report that several
cases OF smallpox existed In the east
end OF Montreal. Knowing something
OF the filthy conditions OF certain local
itef, i made u careful sanitary survey
OF NIL that part OF the city east OF 81.
Iowrcnce street, ana southwest OF Me-
ON and st. Antoine streets. what I
saw ! VIII attempt to descrlbc-what |
hmellcd cannot be described, I found
ten thousand seven hundred cess-plts
retking with rottenness and unmontion-
able NTH. Many OF these pest holes
had not been cmptlcd for years The
accumulated Nth was left to poison the
air OF the city and make II the seed-bed
FOR the germs OF zymotlc diseases. Fur
Their i found the courts. allies, and
lanes In as bad "a condition as they pos
hlbly could be-decaylng animal and
vegetable matter abounded on all sides.
Everywhere unsightly and offensive OBJ
Jects met the eye. and abomlnabe
smells proved the existence OF disease
engendering matter, which supplied the
Very conditions necessary for the In
cubation. nourishment and growth OF
smallpox
"Knowing well the fearful conse-
quence that would result from the pres
enoe OF such a mass Of Nth In such a
densely populated part of the city. |
gave the widest publicity to the subject
hoping thereby 10 rouse the municipal
authorities TO n proper appreciation OF
the danger that menaced the health OF
the city. But l was an nlarmist, my
advice went unheeded and the NTH
remained. as a nest for the nourishmcnt
or smallpox, which grew In strength
and virulence rapidly, until IL swept
into untimely graves. from the very
localities have mentioned, thlrty-four
E.aI N.la.
neglect. Instead OF removing the Nth
and putting the city In a thor
oughly clean. defensive condition
by the enforcement OF wise
sanitary regulations and the
adoption OF rigid system OF isola-
ton OF smallpox patients. the authors
ties We're led by the medical profession
20 set up. the fetish OF vaccination and
proclaim It's protective virtues, through
the columns OF an ignorant. tyrannlcal
and time serving press. Day after
day the alarming. sharing headlines OF
"Vaccinate, vnccinatc," Alarm.
alarm" appeared In the morning and
evening papers. A panic OF cnwardioe
and madness followed. and tens OF
thousands OF people were driven Olkc
sheep to the shamblea OF the butcher
TO the vnccinators. who reaped a rich
but unholy harvest. Not less than
100. 900 people were vacclnated while the
panic lasted. yielding an unrighteous
revenue TO the vaccinators OF at least
$50, 900.
Cleanliness, sanitation and hygiene
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