West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-04-25
ANTl-vACCiNATION.
Dr. Morgan Comes Back mt DIR. Ian.
ham gain.
Editor Argus
BhTINbRE. Mp.
April 10th. Icor.

April 10th. IGOR.
On reading the last article in your papcr
from DR.. 1. +. Lanham. End thar he loses
sight Of the subject and squirms around
and tries to resort TO ridlcule TO console
himself. He may call il sarcasm bu, 4,
means Il can't answer his argument and
VIII try and degrade him" NV profes.
sional position is well known 10 ali ph,~l.
Clans who read the medical and scientific
journals and am not writing on person.
alities
The doctors comments on the Snrgco,.
Generals report sounds very queer. 10
come from one who declares unouaIi6cdlv
mat vaccination does protect against
smallpox. When he says. II don't believe
all these soldiers had been successfully
vaccinated. he impeaches the Surgeon.
General for incompetency and his sub
officers as frauds. when he saws they did
not do il right.
httie further along. in reference TO the
disasters OF vaccination he saws of me
- he doctor does not know, IL seems that
successful vaccination Is attended with
the primary symptoms of smallpox and for
snort time disables the patIent" He Is
right do not know anySuch thing The
primary symptoms of vaccination is not
ike smallpox. but like syphilis. have In
my possession tables Of the microscopic
analysis oil many cases made by impartial
scientists. showing the difference. will
give part Of the symptoms: SMALLPOX
Light fever. pain in head. back and ewes
eruption appears all over in watery vesi.
Giles. a hair in the center of each. divided
horizontally by thin membrane. II only
ehects the outside skin and when II des.
quimates leaves no constitutional effects
but healthy condition. and Is transmitted
from sick to well person through the
AR or by direct contact Vaccination and
syphilis are each only transmitted by
incubation. and the skin must be broken
to let the virus to the raw flesh; have bur
one posiule. no HAIR through II. no diyid.
ing membrane, both effect the whole skin
ana the tissues under the skin, both have
constitutional symptoms and the effect
may be traced from either TO the end of
NE This is but small part OF the com
parison. but is enough to satisfy the un.
prejudiced of the evil consequences.
The honorable member of the Board of
Health thinks ann out of statistics on this
SUBJECT. He is mistaken again. can
give MIN more than lac can read in week
can not accomm date him with the mum.
Der OF soldiers that died from vaccination
only gave the report of the Surgeon.
General, and he is a pro-vaccinationist
and 1t did not suit him to tell anv more
than he had TO as an official.
a
more. lie should not desert so important
cause and leave suffering humanity to
the teachings of a crank who has the
presumption to investigate for himself and
form his own opinions and not blindIv
crouch down and be led by the numerous
professional fads of medical politicians.
Let him keep his courage up. He no
douot has some valuable statistics TO
report from Grafton about this time. The
readers OF the Argus are anxious to know,
how two dozen unvaccinated people GOT
into Grafton to get smallpox las the doctor
says that vaccination protects. and il vac
c'nated they could not take it). or how
many OF the twenty-four had been vaccin.
ated' and how it is that so many cases of
the simon pure bovine virus had failed 10
protect. How Is il that Il is perfect
prophylactic and il takes twelve times
vaccination to make a protection. as only
one in twelve is protected? The peonlc
would also like to know how it is that
when they have been vaccnnated and n
case OF smallpox breaks out everybody i'm
the neighborhood has to be re-vacc. nated2
1t is generally conceded that smallpox is
not virulent till about the fourth day. vet
all protected parties near must be repro
tected by vaccination
Inc doctors reference to the small
accidents from cutting a nail, or a pin
scratch, is as ingeniously brought in as II
is misleading, and his reference to drinking
milk being as dangerous as vaccination
gives clear explanation of his misconcep.
ton oftne developments of modern science
which may be well to explain. as he shows
some expressions of JuvENu.rrY. Milk and
other ailments are taken into the system
III way designated by nature and as
pa sing through the digestive canal IL also
passes through the several stages of dives.
tion' vito chemical process SEES. and the
mucous membrane OF the track is thor
oughiy guarded by micro organsms-bac-
teria-a corPoral's guard to every square
mihmeter ot-surface, perhaps more. placed
there to eat or absorb all poisonous Gle
ments and thereby protect life from de.
struction. When poisons are increased or
disease gets into the system some other
way nature provides an increased supnlv
oil bacteria to extract the poisonous Gle
ments from the increased morbid secre-
Tons but at times the poisons come too
'hlck and they cannot protect against
superior force. And when the external
SKIN IS torn away by the surgeons instru-
ment and then smcarcd with the sceptic
pus called lymph. from festered sores on a
diseased calf which had been innocula,ed
with sceptic virus made active and cen.
tralized in the sore and put into the sys.
TEN IN an unnatural way. where the mi.
crobe cannot afford the suffering vitality
any assistance ana the disease has advan.
tage as an invading force entering the rear
OF the camp
Enough az present. AM arguments
ne reatter viii receive kindly attcffion re
wcll as questions asked for infor ma lion
regarding care OF health, or medical fads
spoken Of as scientific
W. L. MORGAN.
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