Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-01-13
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TIFF VACCINATION QUESTION
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to administer our school affairs accord
Ing to the law defining their duties, and
II they do not wish to accept office un-
der these conditions there Is no law to
compel them TO do so. II would be
about as reasonable to prohibit every
one from attending theater or other
public gathering without a certificate OF
vaccination.
In the course OF my experience I have
been exposed 10 smallpox three times
and so far have escaped IT, | was vac
cnated when young because at that
time in England everything was done
according TO law, we were christened,
vaccinated, had the measles Group and
scarlet fever with a monotonous GER
tainty, even our prayers were arranged
hundreds OF years before hand accord
ing to the statutes made and provided.
Some of the doctors following Nautilus,
went so far as TO try TO regulate the
size OF families, but without much sue
cess, especially with the farm laborers
and the ltinerants,
The first time was In London, when
my sister who had been duly yaccnat-
ed took the disease and had very hard
time OF Il. l lived ia the same house,
my mother attended to her and pre-
pared Jur meals. | went to work as
usual, no one In the vicinity knew OF il
except the doctor and ourselves.
The second time was I'm Brooklyn, N.
Y, Dr. Peter Clinton had contracted
the disease on his journey from here,
and was sick In the same house as my
self and family ! passed his door every
time / went In or out, and the lady OF
the house used to take care Of him, and
attend TO her family also. | went TO
work as usual,
The third time was about year later,
also In Brooklyn, where my youngest
child, then about three months old, took
the disease, l called in DR.. Ward q
homeopathic physician who attended
TO him. but did not advise vaccination
to myself and family, while the disease
was in the house, but gave us prophy-
Tactic medicine; we did not call in the
neighbors, people In the same house
knew nothing Of IL. ] went to my work
as usual with no further inconvenience
TO myself and family
In all these cases, there was no fuss
no excitement, no yellow flags, not even
a brass band, but just plain ordinary
common sense, and no one besides the
patient affected appeared 10 be any the
worse for II.
As general thing our children are
fairly healthy and do not have thelr
systems poisoned by the prenatal in
fiuence OF whisky and tobacco, with
other concomltants OF modern clviliza-
ton, and do not need incubation to
bring out the corruption In their sus-
TENS as they may do In other localities.
We have had considerable legislation
concerning medical affairs, and what
does II all amount to? Have we any
less disease or are diseases more sue
cessfully treated? / doubt Il, II is said
to be In the Interest OF the public, and
Of public health but l fall TO see II in
that light
The principal part of this legislation
Is in the interest Of the doctors wholly
and solely II is nothing more or less
than legislation In the interest OF
trades union under another name, at
tempting TO prohibit those who do not
belong to certain organization from
practlclng in that vocation. There was
a time when the Homeopaths were ia
booed in the same way but their phe-
nomenal success has compelled recog-
milton.
II all the doctors outside the pale were
unskilful and lost their cases there
would be no trouble, but they are often
successful where the diploma doctors
have failed. / would prefer a non-cer-
tincated doctor Of good moral character
who was not soaked In whisky or tobac-
co to any Of the so-called high class
who were given to such habits.
The majority Of the people here or
their parents have come from other
places and have thrown the parsons
out Of the saddle. and they are not now
disposed to let the doctors take that
place and ride them with sharp spurs.
As for the party who made himself
conspicuous In the City Council few
evenings since, II would be well for him
to know that the people Of Salt Lake
City do not believe that the sun rises
and sets in his Uranium or that they
are obliged 10 sneeZe when he takes
snuff. In fact there are folks who have
the same opinion Of a doctor, that I
have Of an engineer, that when he be-
comes prominent as a politician he
might az we'll give up his profession,
as 1t is patent to all that he has found
vocation that Is much more congenial
to his caliber than the practice Of his
profession.
There used TO be fable Of a fox who
had lost his tail In trap and was very
anxious that the other foxes should fol-
low his fashion because 1t was so much
more convenient, but the conclusion OF
the majority was TO wait TIL they got
caught before they would try the oper-
alton
II those who are so anxious for vac
olnaton like II so well let them take It
on both arms, both legs, or all over II
they so desire, but keep their hands of
those who do not desire II.
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