Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1918-02-28
Additional Cases Taken From the
Press Of the Country

huultiOnal cases Taken From the
Press Of the Country
Lloyd Derringer, aged ten, Ann
Arbor, Mihc. died three weeks after
vaccination-Novemb 20, 1904.
Death.-Ralph, nine year old son
of J. II. Colling, druggist, Toronto.
Canada. Vaccinated in October, 'O4.
DIED of lockjaw November 4. 1904
Death.-Geo. Holubavsky. aged
vaccinated at the Joseph Jungman
school. Chicago, October 3. Died of
lockjaw October "a.
Death.--Richard Humbert. five
year old son of Lloyd Ports. Hano-
yer, Pa. Died from lockjaw follow
ing vaccination, September 10, 1904
Death.-William Lytton. son of
Robert l.. Simpson. Toronto. Canada.
died of iockjaw following vaccina-
ton, aged 6, May 2S. 1908.
Death.-Harry. son Of Joseph
Church. Gananoque, Ont. Vaccinat-
ed September 1902. aged eight. He
died of lockjaw month later
Death.-Mollie Meyer, kindergar-
ten pupil of Franklin school, Chica-
go. Vaccinated September 0. Died
of lockjaw early in October.
Death.-Dolphine Davis. aged 10,
135 Vine Street, Columbus, Ohio.
Died February 10. 1903. of lock-
jaw. three weeks after vaccination.
Death.-Edward Dougherty. aged
II. Washington, Ind Died of lock-
jaw following vaccination September
1908.
Death.-Earl Thomas, son of G.
W. Wise, 251 Fifth St., Oakland,
Calf. Vaccinated Aug IA. 1905.
Aged seven. Died of lockjaw Sep
TENDER II. 1905.
Death.-Lottie Bentzel thirteen
years. of Lisburn. Cumberland Co..
Pa. Naccinated November 3, 1905.
Died of lockjaw December l, 1905.
This case the State Health De-
partment claimed to have investigat-
ed, and reported that another wound
was found on her-a scratch on the
hand-which they claimed caused
the lOckjaw. The father afterward
stated in the newspapers that no
investigation whatever had been
made and no examination by the de-
partment or its representatives.
Four fatal cases of lockjaw from
vaccination occurred i'm Cleveland.
Ohio in 1901, according to the state
ment of DR.. Frederick, who that
wear became health commissioner.
The only names we have are the
following:
Charlie, eight year old son of Jno.
Mara, of Cleveland. Vaccinated on
healthy child. A very bad arm, fol-
lowed by lockjaw and he died at the
st, Alexis hospital June . or TO-
Matilda. years, daughter of F..
V. Scholtz. Cleveland Vaccinated
about the same time as the child
above mentioned. Died of lockjaw,
July 10. following. Her father sued
the city for $4,000 damages.
Nine Deaths.-The same year nine
children died of vaccination lock-
jaw in Camden, N. j.
Death.-Harriet, daughter of HI. S.
Fletcher. jacksonville. Cal. vacci-
mated as student in California
state university. spring of 1902 She
was then healthy girl. Developed
tuberculosis and died within year.
pAA ut journal OF Gut
aneous Diseases New York; for
June 1908. published notes by DIR.
James 5. Howe. of Boston. on ten
cases-six of them fatal-of bullus
dermatitis following vaccination, be-
ing treated in Boston City Hospital
in 1902. A summary of this paper
was printed in the Liberator for
September, 1908.
a sister of DR.. A. q. Simpson.
Or. Simpson in 1901 procured vac
cine from the Health Department at
Cleveland, and observing every asep-
tic precaution. he vaccinated his
only sister Her arm was given the
best possible care. Nevertheless.
she developed lockjaw from il and
died. DR. Frederick, Health Officer
of Cleveland. himself related these
particulars in an interview in a
Cleveland paper that year.