The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-10-28
Sanitation VS..
Medicine
october IS, 1874.


Editor Herald.
Dear Cir:
Your editorial Seeing Things as
They are" In october 20 edition.
would seem in all fairness to entitle
me TO n rebuttal
You admit that sanitary science has
accomplished more for health than an
the drugginR ever did, but stnl insist
thnt the credit belongs to the doctors.
Sanitary engineering Is in no way
related 10 the doctos1ng business. We
do not consult a NJ. ID. about out
plumbing or drainage or sewage dis
posal or any OF the things that are
necessary to make living conditions
wholes Ime. A doctor knows nothing
Of thcs Things and there Is no rca-
son why he should. And that il pre-
cisely the reason why a doctor in the
position OF health officer Is more OF
q mcuace than a help to the com
%niunity. True to his training, he pro-
cecds to mcdicAte everything In sight.
A sanitary engineer in this position
would quite simply and naturally give
us Y clean water supply. A. u II We
bnNc n medicatcd water supply.
History seems to reveal hat doctors
have followed. not led. In the modern
crusade against dirt. To mention
bath tubs again. as al Illustration,
note thu. II was the Gpud doctors who
sounded 4 warning against them, with
a long list OF diseases that were likely
to ove.takc the reckless person who
ventured to bnthc between October
and MAY. witness the enthusiasm
with which pus and various other
carefully selected forms OF corruption
are injected into peoples blood. Can
this by any stretch Of imagination be
called a cleanly operation?
As to tho efficacy OF vaccination,
sttely Il is not n question to be de-
by an unbiased consideration OF the
cold facts. The number Of deaths
caused annually by this uncloan super
rtitlou can ucvcF be accurately
known. Since doctorL are committed
to the dogma that vaccine virus 10
harmless In the complex OF dih-
caaad conditions there ia always lee
way for choice as 10 what shall be
set down as the cause Of death. obyl
uuaiy vaccination viii never DO to
blame.
The claim That smallpox IL propa-
gated and spread by vaccination VIII
/ bear rclteration and would welcome
| the closest investigation. The story
Of the conversion Of the English
physlcian. Or. Charles Creighton, IL
Invariably parallclcd. by tho expert
once OF any unrojudiced, disintoreht-
"a aud truth-seoker. DR.. Creighton,
a recognized authority in ep~ldemlology
and n firm believer IN vaccination,
was selected by the publishers Of the
Encyclopedia britannica. ninth Cdt-
ton. to write the article on vaccine
tion He made an original aud cN-
haustive inquiry into the subject, with
the result 81 tts turning him into an
unc0mpromising anti vaccinatinnist.
Being In doubt whether the article hc
found himself forced to write would
be acceptable. since Il was contrary to
general medical opinion. h. put the
question to the editor. He was In
formed that the encyclopaedia wanted
facts and trusted him Co present them.
The 10 columns of this article are
packed with proof Of the vaccination
| fnllacy. Another eminent scientific
man. Professor C~rookHhauk, hactrri'
ologlst OF klngs college, then began
indcpondcnt study Of the subject
with tho purposo Of assalling d.
ICrclghton's position. The result was
lawo %pondcrous volumos-against voc
cination.
The great numbers OF people, in
cluding many physiclans and %scicntiti'
men In an parts OF the world who ar
actively opposing vaccination. ough
NJ least 10 command respectful at
tentlon. Does II not seem that an
practice which needs 10 much bolster.
ing In the way OF misrepresentation
lbIuff. and compu sion BIZ on the fac
Of Il an extremely suspicious one3
g. SUFFER-.