Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1903-11-25
Was Inquired IHtO
BY a Medical
Journal
And Some Remarkable State
mentS are Made BY a
Responsible Publication
Medical Talk

ment of the use of vaccine virus for
the reason that the laws ant medical
authorities are at present on the side
of compulsory vaccination of child.
rem against smallpox.
When vaccination is legalized and a
state board OF health may take It into
their heads any day to order all the
children in Oregon vaccinated, 1t is
only the press can give the other eide
a hearing.
Hence we publish following stale.
ments against vaccination from a
reputable Medical Journal edited by
G. s. Carr, NJ. d., Columbus, Ohio.
" you arc n physician and differ
with him, have II out with him.
We are not prepared to say that
vaccination has not been n benefit to
some, o. that It has not checked
smallpox.
But VIC are prepared to say that
there is a difference Of opinion among
scientific mon as to i.9 being a hone.
fit or an injury. Under those circum
stances no one has n right TO be dog
matte.
There are many intelligent phy9l
Glars who are not cranks on the sub
ject OF vaccination.
Thcre are many other intelligent
physicians who sincerely believe in
vaccination as a preventive for small
pox
There are many physicians and
citizcns who arc in doubt on the sub.
Ject.
No one will deny that we are liv-
ing in an age OF intelligence and Tro-
gress on this subject as on all others,
and that a great deal Of sentiment
has grown up against vaccination OF
children.
Any adult has right to vaccinate or
not TO vaccinato as he secs At, but
whom We assrme by law to say chat
children must be yaccinated and
should happen to be wrong and do
them an injury. how make good?
Following article is from Medical
Talk for November
in Modern Medical Science" OF
August occurs ,an interesting &C
count OF an attempt to gather some
facts concerning vaccination. II
seems that the above medical journal,
wishing to obtain something besides
mere assertion, tried TO draw out some
OF tho most ominont authorities In
the State OF Massach isetts what they
know about vaccine virus. They pro
cured the consent OF member OF the
board OF health OF Philadelphia
some months ago TO write an article
on vaccination. giving his reasons
for belivlng II TO be protection
against smallpox
After waiting some months for the
article. and Il did not come, Mr.. J.,
NJ Greene. OF Boston. made an effort
60 got &C the same facts In another
way. Ho addressed some questions
10 eminent medical gentlemen OF
Massachusetts, fourteen IN number
Only two OF these eminent gentle
men answered the letter at all, AMI
one OF thcoo made no attempt To ans.
wer tho questions asked. Tho only
TemTining one lodged around and
contontcd himself by talking on some
side question. The questions were
fair ones. and ought to be answered.
The people have a right 10 know what
it is doctors inject into thoir systems
by force, These eminent gentlemen
ought 20 be Obliged to make a rational
answer TO the Questiors, They have
not done so. and for special reasons
they will not do so until compelled 20
by some higher authorities. The
questions were as follows;
First What ia the original source
or sources OF tho socallod vaccine
lymphs. now used in Massachusetts,?
second Did not DIR. Martin. OF
At,ieboro. Mass, Inoeulate cows
ud6or with smallpox matter and
by inoeulating children with the virus
thus cause an epidemic OF smallpox
with fatal resultsg Did not similar ex.
perimonts OF Chauvoau, in France,
and othors, have the same resultg
Third Are not tho characteristics
OF tho vaccine sore tho same ns those
Of syphilis, and entirely different
from smallpox pustules? In other
words. is not eowpox really syphilis
OF the COW.
Fourth. Is Il not a fact that the
seod OF syphilis. cancer, and some
other diseases. cannot be detected
when present in vaccine virus, BY any
means known 70 science; and las