The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-10-23
One of the traits Of human nature
is the desire for scape goat.
Vaccination is blamed for many
things that are truly absurd.
A local paper had in its news col
,rv, ra tho afovv that n how at Wash
TO THE
CITIZENS
OF JASPER!

OF JASPER ss. s. s s.s,' s. s.s sa, anew; ss
Indiana from the effects Of vaccination His mother
died m grief or shock and her DEATH attributed to vccna
on when she vanated The truth about the story
is that the boy had an tooth pulled whilst the arm on
which he was taking Lockjaw followed and the
boy died Whether ockaw caused by the vaccination or
the settled by the DOCTORS Judging from
Of good mouths is not to be wondered
lockw occasionally after tooth is pulled
The same paper mania watch fr an'Vaccna"ch
papers and prints them regardless OF the truth.
Now the All is good Tor Is
TO make the person which appears immune against small pox
That ALL ockjaw gangrene bad sore arm, or the measles
eczema scarlet fever thousand other diseases occur 10 "
person who is vaccnated, it is coincidence
l;sw or eanu Is caused by germ called Tetanus Bacillus
ocw cannot be caused by anything This may ener
the system through any scratch pinpck nacratch OF
wound die ockaw year from toy pistol sno'
wounds great while dies after being vacnated rom
law because the germ through the little scratch made the
vaccine wound Yet the children VINO euse 20 ge'
keep on ehootng toy pistols
smallpox disease known smallpox is said 70 nave e1
ad IN China many before Christ and vaccination as
preventative pracced by them The ps ae
scribed by Galen believed have been smallpox during ns
us.d Il became wide spread brought to Amenca 10 tne
sixteenth century The most trustworthy study OF the disease "
- as in the century by Sydenham Special events
Tho bv of the Introduction OF the "
g po he LADY Mary Monagu into Europe in lS and tne
discovery Of vaccination Jnner in 176S The nature OF ne
contapium Of smallpox is s!iI unknown. ,-oo
Tanner made bis vaccination the human suoec' 10 90
soo the pracce was into Germany France and
e limited States practical usefulness OF this great discovery
M The possibility transmitting vaccns from the COW 70 inc
human individual and making him immune 20 'n' s , ,::
oon quarantine and dsincn OF course useiu
g ;n.on but never again in the history OF an enlightened
world will they substitutes Vaccination Is TOO n'y a'
IN science and experience to be neGiee'ed
re.vaccinaton mostly TO pe te"ou upo" - 80 FOr-'
against smallpox <,>v..:.
The experience century has demonstrated tnat ~ 'ac
infancy renewed the end Of childhood renders An ino
d practically az smallpox that disease nao oeen
and almost
49, f d an endemic vaccination Of all who have not been vac
;,aed within five years giving the oenens o. 'ne
Everyone who been vaccinated IN Infancy anu on
- not less in adult me- l) in0 in"u"5
hv vaccination proportion the horouenness
9TH which il is performed, and this is shown with coOoerso ~
c.cv nv the character and number OF the resulting scs ~
:; I, infancy alone sufficient wholly to prevent s"s'
Tho adult population () Optional vaccination mas no
d sufficient to protect the community from smallpox Oo
so,v vaccination warranted by experience lo) Inc "o ~
l,n enforced ia country by requiring vaccination OF e.en
d "a acent performance upcr admission 70 'ne Puo'c 'oo
a have The hearty support parents teachers and physicians
alike - ,.hoI,;s. The ned;cal
,onsrs can do ttle but with ready cooperauon ne Po
e .u ,x could be largely reduced. How much wouid
M 70 vsccina,e every cizenf Certainly small part o. na'
wasted in curing quarsntining and ou'y'ns M IS "-''
sorv vaccination" American Medic'no' -.
solution acid is the best solution ioF use 10
s The skin Of the ar. and the best and simplest form OF To-
,umept s the ordinary needle The antep'ic gyce"ns'I "
cine lymph should be blown out upon the area % "
h sc6ed through doplet Of lymph In this way ne cor
Inn; thoroughly opened and the emulsion
,.,on with the cells the true skn NO ocaeo sn'eu So
a ~, be arm should gusvded and gets very sore
IN = m 70 dress with simple ointment and gauEe dressing
Now have given you all that know about vaccin'on ana al
can add say Get vacnaed Inc danger o. you,
M pubic schools Jasper without being properly vaccn
- great that foolhsdy criminal Tor the parents
I s ,hm there and the teachers to allow them there
To the NON Of this rule may be traced .ne last
;.a % ~ pox n three families These non-vaccnatei children
W.. wv 49,. .p from non vaccinated children who had lev
ur l Il reality smallpox This must STOP III occurs agar
% % The schoos and course the vaccnated cnnden
;> u suHer with vsccnated children (she iooisn')
Vn !; -,;,,en because do my duty as long as
ms Psp.. = DR.. X. J. KEMPF.
am Health Officer