The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-24
NO COMPULSORY VACCINATION

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 read your article on the immunization O. school children against diphtherla. Such [ thing for school children should not be al lowed any more than suggesting what brand of religion a child should be taught We wan, medical freedom just as we have religious freedom.
 It is n crime to inject these poisonous vac. cineB and dirty Berums into the pure blood streams of innocent children They do not pre- vent disease, and in some cases have been known to kill tho child.
 1 am enclosing q leahet on Dr Charles A It. CampbellB discovery concerning smallpox.
 Tho taxpayers do not appreciate being made the goat and having to pay for the neighbors doctoring, and the timo VIII come when the overburdened taxpayers will fight the Ameri- cnn medical trust and put them neatly In thelr place.
 cent) in me to make me love a fight. Send me to congress and I'll put on the Jollest battle you ever heard. to put m end forever to all compulsory vaccination compulsory immu. nization against diphthera or typhoid fever oi anything else in the Benlghted States. or elect mo to parliament and I'll start bit of m ar' gument in free and enlightened dominion.
 l repeat my advice to all parents: If you don't want 10 be vaccinated or immunizcd against diphtheria you are white liVered cow ardly sort If you let anybody innict such treat ment on you without overpowering force. Az for your children or wards that ii something quite different. My ndvice is thai every baby should be vaccinated against small pox at the age of four months. and schick test cd and If necessary immunzed against diph' thera at the age of nine months. believe that in the present low state of morals and intelli gence 1t is n breach of faith on the part of tho parent or guardian to send child to schoo before the child's immunity to smallpox and diphtheria has been assured.
 If the taxpayers or any blgnlflcant number or group of them really intend to fight tho American Medical trust" (which probably means our national medical society, the Amer ican Medical association, of which most re putabie physicians are fellows or members just as most reputable lawyers are members o the American Bar nssocintion) they had bet ter begin 10 get ready to start fighting, for tho A. M. A. is bigger and more powerful to-day than 1t has ever been before, though even now 1 suppose 1t is a weak and inconsequentinl body compared with the American Bar "trust"-ai our correspondent would call 1t. There are onl, about a hundred thousand of us better and 1T some ways brighter doctors In the A. M. A. and some of CB would be ignominiously kicked out If the men about the throne could only catch us in favorable attitude.
 Perhaps some of the taxpayers have enough community due to the immunizaton of q con siderable share of the population against sucf costly illnesses as smallpox. diphthera ant typhoid fever
 It Is Ali So Vague First | must thank you for the recipe for ths soiidilcd iinimcnt for rhcumatism. l have bccI used 1t and cannot praise it enough. (Mrs J J. P)
 menis and other so.caiicd remedies Tor rhenm
 
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 Answer-If you folks would he little more specific and tell me just what the Ilniment o the prescription was. it might help us a little But it doesn't help much for you to tell me Tn good, 1 know 1 am. l would like to know whether the recipe you vaguely indicate is thu one included in the booklet "The Ills Called Rheumatism" which send t0 any reader wh' asks for it and incIoses stamped enveop' | bearing his address and omits clippings of m! own column
 Lamb for Pet | Is M hnpmfnI for e child Go have sheep f0 Q pct7 Hen Told sheep carry tiie germs Of iii ness. lMFs ~. G.I
 Answer--No objection that know of cbii dren should Dc taught never io permit ih' mouth or tongue of cal, dog, sheep or othe net 10 touch the ehild's food, face or hands. | l thla happens such food should be thrown away the cOntaIner washed, or inc face and hand washed at once. The child should always wnal the hands after pettlnR or playing with fh animal. These preenuiigna of eleanilnenh ar | chiefly Co provant transfer Of the eggs Of co tenilBaIs worms or parasites from animal t child.