The Washington herald., 1921-12-10

terra medica at the University of
Perugia. Italy. an ardent anti-vac-.
cinationist. was indicted and ar
raiEned in the Pretor's Court in
Perugia. When ably making his
own defense on that occasion he
stated. after reciting the disas-
trous results Of the practice in
Italy:
Were it not for this calamitous
practice. smallpox would have been
stamped out years ago and would
have wholly disappeared. Believe
not in vaccination: il is q world
wide delusion, an unscientific prac-
tice. a fatal superstition whose con-
sequences are measured by thou
sahds of dead and wounaed 10y tears
a nd sorrow without end"
DR.. Bell Taylor. the famous sur
gcon oculist of Nottingham. Eng
land. proved his repugnance to
vaccination by leaving a legacy Of
$4,000 to aid the society in anti
vaccination propaganda.
Before the ROYAL CommiSS ION.
Professor Wallace testified: While
utterly powerless for good. varCIua-
ton is a certain cause Of disease
and death in many cases and Is the
probable cause OF about 10000
deaths. and annually Of 5000 IN
oculable diseases Of the most ter
rible and disgusting character.
Think of the unparalleled ah-
surdity Exclaimed Or. J. W. Hodge,
of deliberately injecting the or
ganism of a healthy person in this
day of sanitary science and aseptic
surgery with the poisonous matter
calf"
DR.. Walter II. Hadwen. Of London.
the interchangeable and successful op-
ponent of incubation and vaccina-
lon has stated that England nad
appropriated 100000 pounds stcr-
ling for the care of soldiers ere
turned invaded from the war; and
that he had treated many such cases
himself, and attributed their illness
to the results of anti-typhoid in
oculation
AT a meeting in Caxton Hall. Lon
don, June 81, 1917. II. G. Chancellor
Member of Parliament. said he had
pointed out to the British War
Ministry that assuming We had an
army of 10000 men. not less than
5O,oOO,O00 days have been wasted by
lncapacitating our soldiers through
this incubation process.
He further added statement
with which anti-vaccinationists are
in full accord: Il fear that the germ
theory. even if it were exploded, will!
not be easily surrendered, so long as
there are large establishments max
ing a business of incubation and
nndlng that it pays. Some years
ago the governor of a neighboring
province, acting on the advice of
united States health officials order
ed $4,000 vaccine points in order
that all the Inhabitants of the island
might have the alleged. benefit of
vaccination.
The Herald of Health once esti-
mated that "s10,900,0O0 were paid to
physicians in England annually,
which would not be paid IL the law
old not enforce vaccination"
Resist the law" wrote John
stuart Mills; 'the State has no more
right to enforce a surgical operation
than a religious ceremony"
In Massachusetts (wrote DR.. G
f. Nichols before his lamented
death) with death rates not at ali
decreased by vaccination, resistants
are pinioned by police officers and
Vaccinated. 1t would seem impos-
slbie that avariec should much
longer control the lobby and force
compulsory vaccination"
truly we can but agree with the
distinguished author who, writes:
vaccination will undoubtedly rank
as The greatest and most perni-
cious failure of the century"
G, KENDALL.