The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-01
DOCTORS TESTIFY AGAINST
EFFICACY OF VACCINATION
Prof DeMork in Remarks Before Legislative Committee
Reads Letters From Many Practitioners
Opposing Vaccina Rite.
Some Believe that Many Constitutional Diseases Are Com
inundated by Vaccine, and Are of the Opinion that
Tetanus Cannot be Avoided With Certainty

tetanuS or assesses can with any GER
tainty be avoided in all cases of vac
cination. I believe that the conStitu-
Il tional diseases, such as Scrofula, &C.
zema, syphilis and consumption, are
liable to be conveyed by vaccination.
My conclusions are based on twenty
years of actual personal experience and
study
J. Lawrence Hill, NJ. D., Jackson,
Mich.-"After an experience of many
years in a locality where smallpox and
compulsory vaccination were common,
am obliged to say that I have seen
nothing but positive harm, directly
nation. 1 think it is a barbarous and
unscientific practice. I believe that
| compulsory vaccination is an infringe
ment on individual rights. 1t is I'M
dreds of cases of constitutional dis
eases as a direct result of vaccina-
| ton"
E. Jeannette Gooding, M. D.. 22s w.
not believe that vaccination prevents
| smallpox. I do not believe in com
pulSory vaccination. nor that children
should be compelled to be vaccinated
under penalty of expulsion from school.
| I believe that blood poisoning, tetanus,
and assesses are liable to be convey
ed by vaccination. My conclusions
| are based on an experience of thirty
years.
L. Martin, NJ. D., Ba1dwinsville. N.
Vt have been engaged in active
practice over forty years, and can
fully verify my opinion of vaccination,
which is that it is a mistake to sup
pose it will ever keep any one from
having smallpox, and that 1T may
| cause other diseases. am most GER
| tainly opposed to any compulsory vac
cfnation law
w. L. Reed, NJ. D., 42o1 West Belle
Place, St. Louis, Mo.-"Most emphat-
ically do not believe that vaccination
prevents smallpox. On the contrary,
If f,rod11caz SroallDox TT 10 fnfa mons
to exclude children from school be-
cause their blood has not been raped
with virulent- infection. Vaccination
is not only dangerous, but an infamy
rerpetrated upon civilization. I know
that vaccination causes other diseases.
Forty-five, years of active practice has
taught me many serious lessons"
T. e. Allen, M, D., 1928 Morgan ST.,
st. Louis. MOT am confident that
vaccination does not Protect from
smallpox. I do not believe school
children should be vaccinated, and I
will not vaccinate child Vaccina-
ton is dangerous, and I can prove It.
There is always the liability of it's
causing blood poisoning, tetanus. abb
scesses, or some disease such as scrof-
ula, eczema, syphilis or consumption,
and the man who uses it is often guilty
Of murder. My opinion of it is based
on study and forty years Of prac-
tice"
Byron Defendorf, M. D., Fowlerville,
Mich.-"I do not believe in compulsory
vaccination. nor that children should
be compelled to be vaccinated under
do not believe that blood poisoning, te-
tanus. and assesses can, with any GER
tainty. be avoided IN all cases of vac
cinatfon. I believe that vaccination
is liable to result in the contraction of
such constitutional diseases as scrof-
ula, eczema, syphilis and consumption.
My conclusions are based on actual
personal experience Of forty-one
years.
]. H Severance, NJ D., 57s East soth
ST., Chicago, Hit believe vaccina-
ton is a prolific cause Of disease, both
immediate and remote; is no protec-
ton from smallpox. and if it was is
worse in it's results upon the health
of the Individual; that the introduce
ton OF the disease product of animals
into the blood of healthy people, as a
a superstition; that compulsory vacci-
nation is an outrage against individual
rights that should be resisted by every
lover of liberty and justice. My con-
illusions are based upon a long expert |
ence in practice, and a thorough inves- |
tigation of the subject, and I have
raised a family none OF whom were |
ever poisoned by vaccine virus or
drug medication. believe medical |
history shows no case of the continent |
form Of smallpox until vaccination |
was introduced
q. d. Buckner, M. D., Osceola, Neb.-I
years, and graduate in both allopa-
thic and homeopathic schools. My |
experience has convinced me that vac
cination is no protection against |
smallpox. 1t will cause other diseases, |
not only abscesses, tetanus and blood !
poisoning, but constitutional diseases.
am most certainly opposed to vacci- |
mating school children, or to any COM
pulsory vaccination"
]. w. Cartlfcn, M. D.. 30 Deardorff |
Bldg. Kansas City, Monty observa-
ton in thirty years proves that vacci-
nation is more of a curse than bless
ing to the human race 1t does not |
prevent smallpox, but rather tends to
create catarrhs of the worst form. also
blood poisoning, Assesses, tetanus,
Compulsory vaccination is a blight on
civilization
F. w. Fowler. NJ. D.. Carthage, Mo-
81 have had over 20 years of study
and experience with smallpox and vac
cination, and I id not believe that
vaccination prevents any one from
having smallpox. I am decidedly OPP
posed to compulsory vaccination. I
certainly believe that diseases such
as syphilis and consumption may be
caused by. vaccination and there is al
ways possibility that it will be follow
ed by blood poisoning, tetanus or alb
Nelson J. DePuy, MD. Parma, Mich,
1 do not believe that vaccination pro-
tects anyone from smallpox. I do not
believe in compulsory vaccination, as
it deprives the person of personal lib
erty of thought and opinion. I have
fought against vaccination during my
practice of forty-one years. 1 contend
to introduce into the system a vile an
imal poison is against all laws of ma
ture and common sense
]. j. solomon, d., 1887 Vinton ST.,
Omaha, Neb-"My opinion of vaccin-
alton is founded on general practice
for the past forty years, and / think
1t has been the curse of civilization
and a fraud on humanity. 1t is the
mother of syphilis, scrofula and ecze-
ma. No state legislature can consti-
confer such authority as
school children to be vac
cinated."
1 could give you hundreds of state
ments equally as good, equally as
strong, but I am confident it is not
necessary. These men are of as high
medical standing any of our oppo-
nents, and you are bound to accent
their evidence for they know whereof
they speak There are over 400 of
v1x