Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-30


thropists must be directed. The Legs
lature can do much--the people can do
more: but the people must be taught
the Importance OF the subject In all rs
relations to their daily life. our child
rem must be educated In the science
of life, how TO preserve II ana
how to promote IL, knowledge,
which IN It's results can save or des-
troy. must not be left TO get anyhow,
or not TO get at all
Cleanliness Is the only scientific be,
cause natural, protection against an
| diseases. and especially the coniaSloh
| or infection Of zymotc or filth diseases
! All other so-called prOphylactlcs or pro-
| tectives are empirical unreliable ana
| worthless subterfuges There is no
| other protection within the domain OF
! nature OF science OF Of art which can
compare with oleanl!nessl Natures
antidote for filth"
History repeats itself and the above
| description by DR. Ross VIII apply 10
the present occasion with few eXcep'
| ton. Who can deny that the thousands
| Of filthy hog-pens, c0rrais ana Other
sources Of impurities are nj sou TOT
the breeding Of smallpox and other con-
! tagious diseases that are so common
No one knows better than doctors that
the hyglenic and sanitary conditions IN
many homes are far from what they
should be- II the members OF the heaila
boards would take of their vaccine
virus spectacles they might see CON
| ditiOns In their reality and thus INFORM
the people what precautions TO take
! but thus far the only preventive meas,
IRE they have advocated and ADVISED
- apNn1inON nQflRntS.
not a word OF advice has been given 10
| the people about hygenic and sanitary
measures Their instructions have
been "Vaccinate, vaccinate,' and II
YOU will not poison your chidrens
! bodies with vaccine pus, we VIII force
YOU to do so; you may disregard all
the laws of health II you chose, but
| you must vaccinate,
IL the members Of our health boards
were familiar with the history OF vac
cination In England during the last
| quarter OF a century, they would not
| try TO Impose upon the people here
| what the English parliament saw nj 10
abolish. Dr. Collins was member OF
! the ROYAL Vaccination Commission
composed OF fifteen persons, chosen
| from among eminent scientific medical
| and non-medical experts, who sat seven
wears and ended their labors toward the
end of 1896 They held 1856 sessions, eX-
amined 1S7 persons on both sides OF the
vaccination question, published the re-
suits in seven large volumes. Eleven
! OF these commissioners were In favor OF
a conscience clause In the laws OF Eng
| land, and four were in favor OF
totally abolishing vaccination,
As a result Of the labor OF this royal
commission, parliament passed Jaw
Aug. II, 1885, by which the vaccination
| law in force since 1853 was aDolisheu'
and those who are conscienuousiy op,,
posed 20 vaccination need not submit
to the filthy practice any more. do y31
think the English parliament W0ulu
| have abolished law OF ouch a long
| standing IL vaccination had been What
| its friends claimed II TO be?
Or Collins referred to above, says In
the Daily Chronicle, London "Sir-As
one who served for seven years in the
ROYAL commission on vaccination, and
who had a large share in drawing up
ito report and a dissentient note there
to- | cannot help rejoicing with all Lib
erals and respecters OF conscientious
non-conformlty even in matters med
| zeal. as the legislative results OF our
| labors The policy of the open door
| FOR the honest directors to vaccination
| has now been authoritatiyely accepted
| by both parties in the house, and COM
1 pulsory vaccination has been surren-
dered at discretion
So much for the liberty of limited
monarchy. Now shift the scene to the
| state OF Utah. where the state health
| board wants TO enforce compulsory vac
clnatlon without any law 20 sustain
them II would seem that we are Nv
| ing In Russia, Turkey or some other
| absolute monarchy rather than In the
greatest Republic upon the earth. ana
| the State health board the ruler instead
| of being the servants OF the people
and TO make the situation more ridicu-
lous. the Salt Lake Herald appears Fri
| day. Dec. %, with an editorial In favor
| Of compulsory vaccination. outd0ing
| even the papers that DR. Ross men,
TONED The article says about small
pox: people who have It once, even
| in a mild form, never get Il again.
| Such a bold statement has not been
made since the time OF JenneT, who
stated that anyone who is vaccnated
| can never have the smallpox again.
| Tens OF thousands have found out the
| falsity OF the statement TO their sor-
row. In the same editorial compulsory
isolation Ii used as an argument for
compulsory vaccination. What logicl
What philosophy
The pro-vacclnators would do well 20
meet aud decide upon some little story
| TO tell In favor OF vaccination, We
near so many conflicting statements.
III the pro-vaccinators had as strong
Q case as they try TO make the people
think they have the enthusiastic men,
bers of the State health board VINO were
| challenged by y. Y, S. 20 public dis
| cussion through the papers would not
| delay so long There has thus far not
! been single argument produced In IA
yor OF vaccination. those In favor Of II
give their "ipse dxt" and that Is the
end Of controversy The medical pro-
fesslon know too well that II yacclna-
ton is abandoned. anti-toxins. Pasteur's
| hydrophobla, Koesh's serums, and the
! whole drug medication must fall with
IL. When decisions once set hold OF a
! people they die hard, especially where
every effort Is made 20 keep them alive
but there Is every indication that these
Will soon be replaced by a rational sys-
TEN Of treatment OF diseases.
!. We have FIVE times as many physici-
1 ans in the United states as Germahy
has and according to Dr. Cathell IN
The Physician Himself, page n, they
were being turned out Of the colleges
OF the United states NJ the rate OF 1000
year. In 1852. and more than that now.
in the United States We spent s2OO,C0O,
! 600 per year for patent medicine, which
! is equal TO about S266 per capita or
$3.50 for every child In the schools OF
our country, besides all the drugs pre-
scribed by physicians, and with all this
all kinds OF disease are Increasing In the
land.
Surgery Is a science. but drug medica-
ton, Including vaccination ana a. otner
NEGOTIATIONS. are mere experiments,
| and have all been condemned by many
Of the most eminent physicians and
scientists OF the world. The people VIII
need 10 have more confidence In nature
and less In drugs then the medical
practice will soon change. ] heard
member Of the State health board say
that there Is not one-ierth Of the
drugs being used row that was u',c
1 A.