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These statements were made after re-
cent and most thorough Investigations.
celery. The plants are dug while green.
II would be detrimental to the cause
Of vaccination to note the change OF
opinion In regard to the number 81
marks, frequency OF incubation, etc.
from Jenner to the present time. Ed
ward Jonncr declared In statement
to the British government that. who
ever II once vaccinated with cowpoN
10 forever after protected from small
pox." Who Is bold enough to repeat
that now about cowpoN. glyccrlnnted
calf-lymph, or any other kind Of In
oculation2
Let us see what compulsory vaccina-
tlOn did for England. Vaccination was
made compulsory by an act OF Parlia-
ment In 1858 and again In 1857 and stili
more stringent In ISL. From 1858 TO
1871 there were three epidCmlca OF
smallpox. each being more severe than
the one preceding.
Deaths
Date from smallpox.
First. 1867. IS and 80. .............ii.2U
second. 1868. "a and 'G5.............2O,05 9
Third. 1870. II and '12.............ii.sio
Increase OF population from first to
second epidemic. per cent. Increase
NJ smallpox In the anmc period NEARLY
from the second TO the third epidemic.
10 per cent. Increase OF smallpox In the
same period 100 per cent.
Deaths from smallpox I'm the FIRST ten
years after the enforcement NJ vaccinn-
ton. 1854 to 1858. 1855. In the second
ten years. 1864 To 1873. I0,i5S. From n
letter to the Right Hon. q. Sclater
Booth. NJ. T.. February. 1877. by G. n.
Pcarce. NJ. II. g. y.
The city OF Leicester. England. dem
onstrntcd to the world that sanitation
and not vaccination IN the preventative
OF smallpox. The citizens as a body
rebcllcd against compulsory vnccina-
tion and the practice was gradually re-
duccd from VI per cent to per cent.
They paid much attention 10 sanitary
conditions and almost entirely BAN
ishcd smallpox. In 1899 and 90 there
were 2sO cases and 10 deaths. there be-
Ing 10000 inhabitants In the city. In
Sheffield. with 100000 Inhabitants. g5
per cent vncclnatcd. there were 5000
cases and Gas deaths In the epidemic
Of iSS1-S
In England during the ter years, 1851
To 1891. there were $40 deaths set down
against vaccination by the official reg
iatrar OF vital statistics. Not mcntion-
Ing all the other harm done by the vile
practice. Hut the defenders Of vaccina-
ton win say they did not have the pure
tutc. OF Belgium. was founded and
from II arose numerous branches In
Europe and America. Surely before
1851 all could obtain the pure 90 calf
lymph.
Those that desire TO be correctly In
formed on these questions cnn get re-
liable information from DR.. Crclgh-
tons article Vaccination" In the En-
cyclopacdia Britannica. ninth edition.
We VIII submit here testimony re-
gnrding the question before w. from
some OF the best authorities.
DIR. George Gregory, for nifty years
director OF the smallpox hospital. In
London, published the following deciar-
ationR In the Medical Times, OF London:
Smallpox does invade the vacclnntcd.
and the eNtlrpation OF that dire disorder
II na distant as when Il waa first heed
lcsaly. and In my humble Judgment.
most preaumptuously anticipated By
Jcnncr."
Or. w. J. Collins, for twenty-five
years public vacclnntor OF London
England, rayri There really exists no
change In the vlrulent character OF the
smallpox. Notwithstanding the vaccinn.
tion laws. aud OF those attacked by the
disease. at least two thirds were salts.
factorily vacclnated. l have not the
least confidence In vaccination: II
nauAcntcs me, for u often transfers
iilthy and dangerous disease without
Offering any protection whatever. We
unfortunately have no method OF ascer.
tanning the impurity OF the vaocin,
lymph, except by It's results. and these
are not surprising when we remember
II contains precisely the same micro.
scoplc particles us are found In flud'
capable OF producing the acuteat blood
poisoning"
Albert Terrace, Gloucester Gate. N
W.. Sept. 2. iSs2. DR.. Collins had vac.
oinnted thousands, but at last nbnn.
doned a lucrative practice ana refused
to permit his children to be vncCinatod
DR.. John Epps, twenty-five years d.
rector of the Jennorian Institute
London. has vaccinnted about 1870. OOi
people, but finally declared. "The vac
cine Virus IN n poison. As such II pcne
tratcs all organic systems, ana infccti
them In such way as to act impress
Hivcly on the box. II IN neither anti
dotc nor corrigcnt. nor does II neutral
ize the smallpox. but only paralyzoi
the expansive power Of good conHtl
tuition, No that the disease has 10 fal
back upon the mucous membrane
Nobody has the right TO transplant
such n mischiovouH poison compulsor
ily Into the life Of n child"
Or. stowell. NJ. II. c. s.. Of London
thirty years n vaccine practitioner
says; "Thc nearly general declaration
of my patients enables me to proclaim
| that vaccination II not only an lllu
sion. but n curse 10 humanity. Nor,
than rldlculous-lt ~ Irrational TO IN,
that any corrupt matter taken from
boils ana blistors OF an organic crca
| turc. could affect the human bod,
otherwise than to inJure H. First. 1
was asserted that vaccination protect
| ed for life. When this proved fail
urc. rcvaccinntlon In every seventh
ycnr was proposed. but this also failed
/ Then there was "A want of aufilclen
cowpsx. Well. cows were inoculntet
with human pox. and the suppureate,
matter produced by this operation wal
called pox-lymph. fresh from the COW
This bastard poison IN now transferred
| into human bodies. no matter wha
| disease man or brute may have had
but n ia called nowadays genuine vac
| cine, Prom letter 10 the Lancet.
Thoa. Brett, NJ. D., OF London. says
| After nifty years experience, arrive,
at the conclusion that vaccination WA
| not only useless as n preventative, bu
dangerous. decline the risk Of vac
cln0tion. and would not vacclnnte m,
bitterest cnemy."-Spcech April 18th
1858.
Sir James Paget. surgeon extra
ordinary TO her majesty says, "'rh,
! progress OF vaccine or vnriOlous infec
tion OF the blood shows us that n per
manent morbid condition OF that nul,
| II established by the action OF thcs
specific nelson's on H."
a. NJ. Ross, NJ. d., T.. II. s. L.. Eng.
says; mo rational theory ever hn
been or can be advanced TO supper
the ridiculous assumption that vaccln
alton protects from smallpox. on
thing ~ certain. thousands OF children
are Killed annually by vaccination, o
4 tlaf tsIgt q.