Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-04-06


| beg Ia call your attention a. 4 mis-
representation of "A smallpox epidemic.
which did not occur a. stated in an AL
dress made before the Mothers club last
Friday. an account of which appeared in
last Saturdays Post from which | quote
the following extract: In the fall Of
1913 1911 Niagara Falls went thrugh an
epidemic of smallpox IT proportions =
large that If il had occurred among a
population the size of New York City
there would have been o., thM eases.
This epidemic arose ia spite IT the
.gIcMth nf sanitation SImrly because a
misguided fanatic writing anti vacrlna
tion literature. ~ occurred IN our sun
day press. had turned the tide of public
sentiment AWAY from vaccination and the
community was bonc-dry timber for the
contlagration that started
50. knowing that the present rite Of
vaccinations. l. prarticcd from hab-
il and only tolerated because of such
flagrant misrepresentation | sent the fol
lowing telegram To Niagara Falls Ia a.
certain the facts of that supposed cpl
.dcmic. DIR. j. w Hedge. Niagara Falls.
New York.
Houston. Texas. March PLEASE
wire me night letter answering. How
MANY eases of smallpox occurred in Nj
.agara Falls IN the last live wears. How
manN deaths have occurred from small
poN during that time. secure sigma
lures Of 4 dozen prominent physicians ~.
testing To your anSwer Wm. III.
Schwartz. VI d."
la reply | received the following tclc.
gram:
"Dr. VIM. II. Schwartz. Bender Hotel.
Houston. Texas.
Niagara. Falls. y T.. March :. We
have not had u death FROM smallpox in
the history of this city. Thirteen of our
most reputable and experienced phNsi
clans Of his city tell me that they did not
see nor treat "A single ease nf smallpox
during the scare here last winter. cx
amincd personally ~ persons who were
quarantincd who hld chicken pox. but
did mol find u single ease of %varioIa
I smallpox. The epidemic we had was
IN irkcnpoN not smallpox. but three Of
our citizens were killed ~ vaccination.
j ". Hodge. VI. H."
Now would not take the time nor
YOUR valuable space in the Post If IL
were not 81 imInrtant 10 correct the
above Misrepresentation. | wish To have
every one know that vaccination il not
only utterly useless a. a pruphNlartic
against disease. but very harmful in
case>-not all. ~ like poison oak.
al people are susceptible. But aS
there fs go means IT ,~eertaininr who i
RI epiihle 4" vaccine p%oi>onininc il H.
unjust aud wrong ~ inoculatc such n
susceptible child or individual with this
tlihN d.sca>, With the additional chances
nf septic poisoning. tctanus etc. Of
which ! have before me a record Of MANY
deaths due to vaccination.
Neither j. ID possible for ~ 10 a>rcr.
tam 10 advance ia what child the vac.
z ne viii develop i hidden spark nf
cancer ar tuberculosis which vaccination
flo,s arouse.
Dr. Victor Vaughan. "a president of
the American Medical association. stat
I'll IN i lecture delivered in PHILADELPHIA
September -. 1919. before the Pcnn>,l.
Nania Medical SOCIETY. that zone out of
every three or four of us has some cvi.
dcncc Of tuberculosis"
-. even the IaNman can radil, -. the
danger 81 stirring M this Latent Ia.
''"''f ''ii'ii'ihN - y n'nf hN NdfrlIlA
ton.
u - time the public were made famiI.
Jar with the facts. The public is misued
cn'ernlng the true status If vaccination
y, >uch ha.rant misrepresentation bv
Nacrihc manufacture There never Was
4 more thoroughly exploded proposition
th ln the theory 1T vaccin1ttun. but il
viii he difficult la stop the practice he.
cause of the tremendous rc>our e>- run.
nig into tens Of millions OF the vac
cine manufacturers. Eighty firms have
been licensed by the United States GOV
ernment ~ the last three wears. 50 ii
becomes doubly hard to awaken the pub
lie Ia the evil If this exploded theory
which l. :" profitable 10 the mannfactur
ing companies.
IL j. a well known axiom that ~alI nat
nral law j. inyiolaic." One exception 4,
the hypothesis DESTROYS il ~ a PROPOSE
ton.
First il has declared that vaccination
would protect against smallpox for life
This was found an error.
Then il WAS claimed to hold it, charm
Il years. This was prven "A f~allacy. an,
the time limit fixed M seven years: thel
five wears. aud each claim time itself dis
proved hut il has taken much time. /:
Ing time 10 run this evil down. But "A
last when w had il corncrcsl they nov
claim that vaccination must be don,
whenever they choose Ia create 4 small
poX scare, as was recently done (Febru