West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-05-02
ANTl.yACCiNAqaoN.
Some Comments ON the Subject From a
Layman.

ignorance or not having read DR..
Morgan's articles. The Sentinel
speaks Of "the fact that vaccination
renders the person proof against the
disease" smallpox. This is abso-
lutely not true and the Sentinel
probably makes the mis-. statement
through ignorance. One of the
main points that DIR. Morgan makes
is that vaccination is not only
dangerous but useless because it
does not prevent smallpox and he
goes on TO quote and give statistics
from the highest sources, particu-
larly from the reports of Surgeon
General Wyman of the United
States Army, showing the hundreds
of cases of smallpox among the
soldiers and many deaths and every
one OF them having been vaccinated
at least once and most of them
twice and perhaps oftener. 1t is
generally known that all soldiers
are vaccinated when they enter the
army no difference how many times
they may have been vaccinated
before and the records show that
about as many people have small
pox who have been vaccinated as
those who have not. Will DR..
Lanham or the Sentinel pretend to
say that no one has smallpox who
has been vaccinated
The fact that most of the doctors
still believe in it and practice vac
clnation is not absolute proof that
it is the correct thing by any means.
The medical profession has adopted
and stood by it for long time, but
SO did they use to practice cupping
and bleeding for many disorders,
but no reputable physician pre-
tends to practice or believe in such
old fogy relics of surgery any more
and 1t is only a question of time
until vaccination will be done away
with and anyone advocating il will
be laughed at.
Many people have lost their lives
through the poison virus of vaccine
either directly or indirectly, who
would likely never have had the
smallpox at all and it is recorded
that the physicians who attended
George Washington in his last
illness, cupped and bled him very
heavily and so weakened his system
that he was unable 10 rally from
what would otherwise have been a
slight illness and it is generally be
lieved that his death was caused by
the old foggy physicians. who at
tended him.
The idea of taking one poison
into the system to keep out another
is absurd. 1t is on the same line as
the faxed up Kelley "cure" and
other bi-chloride of gold treatments
that ragged over the country for
awhile and caught thousands of
people before time proved the
whole business as rank lot of
humbuggery as was ever sprung on
the people, but not until many men
had been poisoned for life and
their bodies weakened and i'm
paired with the "stuff" injected into
their system. 1t is not generally
known that the old line life insur-
ance companies will not touch
person who has ever taken the
Kelley or "gold cure" Such par
ties cannot get insurance at all
except in some "wild catp companv
or some new concern anxious to do
business and willing to take any
thing that comes along.
Since vaccination is lust as
dangerous and poisonous now as
IT ever was and smallpox not half as
dangerous or much to be dreaded
as in former times and most people
never have any chance for it at all
why risk your health and life irving
to keep from taking it. You might
as well submit to an operation for
removing the vermiform appendix
for fear Of having appendicitis some
time which is far more dangerous
than the smallpox and getting al.
most as common.
In making the above editorial
comments we take issue with DR..
Thos. T. Lanham, a prominent
physician and member Of the State
Board Of Health, not only because
he is al earnest advocate Of vac
cination, but because be declared
in one Of bis articles that The gen
eral public was not interested I'm
the opinions of an editor on such
matters. Our experience Boa the
business leads us 20 believe other
Wise because whether the readers
agree with an editor or not. thew
NE % see The paper take stand
on aii important matters and have