Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-04-10
DR.. FAIRBANKS TAKES ISSUE
WITH DR.. SCHWARTZ ON HIS
AHTI-vACCINATI0k ARGUMENT


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April q. there WAS 4 long argument
against vaccination ~ Dr. W. III.
schwartz Of Houston We who know the
beneficial results from vaccination SHOULD
not let such IN article 60 unchallcnged.
To mislcad the people. hence would You
kindly allow ~ a little space 10 quote
two reports Though there are many
morcl ON the subject. taken from 4. :.
l'ublic Health service reports. which are
onr most reliable authorities. and also
call attention To the fact that Dr
Schwartz apparently makes no diSiinc-
tiun between vaccinations. whether sue
ccSSful or not. No one claims Aat vacri-
nation gives amy protection unless 4
takes.
The doctor tells ~ all sorts of things
that result from vaccination but does not
give uS anN proofs nor tell rs where We
can find them. In the last few weeks
there have been over 1JOO vaccinations
III this vicinity. Yet | do not know of a
single fatality nor Of any bad results
from any of them. We have had some
deaths from smallpox, however. among
those not successfully ~yaccinated.
The following j. a reprint from u. :.
Public Health reports No. Gi:
on January /. 1910. the health officer
uf Bee County. Texas. was called ia sec 4
patient who had smallpox. There were
nine other people living in the house. all
of whom refused a. br va~ccinatci. say
ing that they preferred smallpox to vac
-ination. 4 man and two women from
another house who had visited the IA
ticut before the natur of the disease
Was known submitted to vaccination.
The VACCINATION was SucccSSSlul. howcy
or only in one Of the women. Thus of the
Twelve who were exposed 10 the dis
l>r there was but one who had ever been
successfully Vaccinatcd; that j. the we
man above referred to. This woman did
not contract the disease: the other two
did. The original ease aud the two see
undarN ones made twelve in all. aud If
these twelve five died. 4 death rate of
II 60 per hundred eases.
The following reprint from u. :. Pub
lic Health reports NJ. go "A note on small
poN and vaccination in the Philippine l.
lands. hy Victor Il. IIciScr. director Of
public health. Philippine Islands.
During December. 1910. y person af
lIrtcd with smallpox was transferred
from Sau lose. Antique. to the Island of
|CaluNa. which i a small. isolated island
south If Mindnrl. the inhabitants 81
which have heretofore not been SyStcmat
lcallN N~accinatrl. IN old woman took
some of the contents If 4 puStulc from
the smallpox ease shortly before death
and commenced 10 inn"culatc Il number
~ the inhabitants with smallpox mot
vaccination. The result was smallpox
- epidemic form. The population of "a
luya and nearby islands il about 2UO0.
Approximately 1000 eases Of SMALLPOX
occurred before the facts became known
~ the outer world. N~accinatnrS proper
" equipped. were immediately sent To
.taluNa. They Naccinatcd >nO of the r.
naming thousand people. OF these not
one contracted smallpox who had = sue
.~cc>>iui vaccination that was two weeks
old. The chief quarantine officer visited
ten families. ranging from five Ia eight
pa number. IN sly ~ these every mem
her Was stricken with smallpox. 4 phy
steal examination showed that they had
no vaccination marks. IN two other fam.
lilies six persons were stricken aud two
escaped Infection. \ physical cNamina
ton showed that If the six stricken mem
hers moi one had been v%acciuatrd. The
two remaining members had successful
! a''iidllnh lhafk>. pom inquiry ~ Was
learned that they had visited another il
land. 'alapan. a year previously and
were vaccinatcd while there. III two 9th.
or families living ia the midst Of 4 small.
poN stricken village there were NO eases
~ smallpox 4 physical examination
showed that they had good vaccination
sears. Further inquiry elected the state
mcnt that they had but come from nnn
Their island where they had been vacci.
mated. In one house one person WAS
found with varioloid lmildD. Upon III
quiry II was learned that he had been
Nacrinated during childhood. summary
population 1000. and l.OnO unvaccinatcd
Get smallpox. 100 die. son protected nv
vaccination; 200 He'd from v-accinatnr~
and condition unknown.
g. - FAIERANKS.
NJ. :. Quarantine Onicer.