Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-01-11


been successfully vacoInated with bo-
vine virus" obtained from recognized
standard sources lie argues 81 favor
of repeated vaccinations applied as
often as It will take. charging the sys-
TEN to It's fullest extent" So much
for absolute immunity"
Now as to the decrease Of smallpox
since vaccination has been adopted In
countries named, The report of the
committee, or the article from Or. Hart
We cannot tell which, speaks OF the
marvellous reduction In the mortality
from filth diseases. and increase In the
average length Of llfe' during the last
fifty years. DO the doctors mean TO
say that all "hlthy diseases have been
checked and reduced because Of cow
pox vaccination? II not is Il not rea-
sonable to believe that sanitary regula-
lions and hygienic rules have been
eficacious as to smallpox, just the
same as to other once prevalent dis
orders? on this point, We quote the
following from Bulletin de LAcademie
de Medicine, page ST.
M. lie Fort. the eloquent and dis
tingulshed professor OF surgery In
Paris, In his address TO the Academy
OF Medicine on January 18th, 1891, al
though q warm advocate OF Yacclna-
tion, exposed the fallacy Of attribute
Ing the relative immunity Of Germany
from smallpox since 1874 TO the inllu-
ence OF the law passed In that year.
He showed that from 1917 TO 1882 the
number Of deaths from smallpox In
Prussia had Increased each year until
they reached 1901 IN 1852, The follow
ing year, on November 18th, fresh
ordinance was issued 20 promote more
stringent iSolatlon this edict has been
ignored by those who seek TO place eX-
clusivsly TO the credit OF vaccination,
Whatever reduction ~ smallpox has
taken place in Prussia NJ. lie Fort
quotes this ordinance as follows:-'The
local police are 10 extend isolation Of
smallpox patients not only TO the
apartment, but also TO the whole house
In which the patient Is. This Isolation
Is to be continued after the removal
Of the patient TO hospital and until af-
ter the completion OF disinfectant pro-
cedures Any intentional violation Of
this regulation win be punished by i'm
prisonment'
"slnce this regulation was put IN
force the smallpox death.rate has
progressively declined, and In 1886 there
were only llS Deaths
We give place In another part Of this
issue OF the News" TO an article which
will throw light on this subject, from
the pen Of local practitioner. Com
pare the report Of the committee and
that article together, and form your
own conclusions. Whatever they may
be, the fact remains that whether the
present method of vaccination Is any
better than the old discarded styles
which were enforced by law but are
now denounced even by the medical
fraternity, there is no law to compel
vaccination In any form in this State
and those who attempt TO crowd IT,
upon unwilling people do so without
authority And we are of the opinion
that II they 90 not desist they will
raise a storm about their ears which
will prove to be decidedly unpleasant.
The opinions of doctors are to be
viewed with respect, but not bowed
down to with awe when they are OPP
posed by facts, figures and experience.
In any event, opinion Is one thing.
force to make that opinion obligatory in
practice is another thing, The News"
has not opposed vaccination for those
who choose TO adopt 1t. but is against
its unlawful and tyrannical imposition
upon those who detest it.