The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-12-11
THE ODIOUs BURDEN OF 1lEDl-
CAL ETHICS

II there were sufficient space I'd
print here the whole blooming Code
Of Medical Ethics and add the Hip
pokratic Oath for good measure, so
Tom, Dick and Harry could see for
themselves what wretched principles
physicians accept for their guidance.
A body or guild Of human beings
avowedly dedicated to tho service Of
the sick and injured, the halt and the
blind, the weak and the poor would
naturally be bound BY Just such ig-
noble rules Of conduct - advisers,
commentators, critics and traduoers
Of the medical profession would have
the world think.
I have received q complimentary
copy Of . beautifully bound book by
Chas. M. Higgins. It Is entitled "Hor-
rors Of Vaccination Exposed and IL
Illustrated" It Is ironical that such
trtpe should be peddled to the unso-
phisticated public In such . handsome
package. But I have noticed that
when doctors publish things they are
content with the plainest covers Or
bindings or trappings that viii serve
tho purpose.
The latter part Of this curious book
Is devoted to reprinting an anti-vac.
cinatiou pamphlet which was pub.
lished In 1915 by one Loyster, whose
young son fell III eleven days after
vaccination and died after eleven
days Of illness from i1lfantile paraly-
sis. The bereaved father dedicates
his pamphlet to the memory Of this
eleven year old by who died Sept.
Al. 1914. q . sequence Of vaccina-
ton"
Certainly the date, Sept. n, follows
the date Of vaccination. But since
no one has as yet found the specific
germ or virus that causes vaccinia
(the nature Of vaccine) or the specific
germ or virus that causes anfantile
paralysis (acute anterior pliomyelitis)
how can any one say whether the ILL.,
ness and death Of this boy bore any
relation to his vaccination?
Remember, please, that I am abso-
lutely opposed to compulsory vacct-
nation, either honest force Or trickery
such g the contemplate practice Of
prosecuting parents thru the push and
shove law-having one law compelling
school attendance and another ex-
Guiding the child who = not vaccin-
ated.
But this Higgins pamphlet Whites
tho entire medical profession In the
Introduction to the Loyster pamphlet
which composes such . prominent
part q the book. From this intro
duction quote:
1T should be understood that
! am not . physician. This leaves
mo free to write with greater
frankness In certain instances
than would be permitted to 4 doc.
tor by the ethics Of hts profess
sion." Gas. A. Loyster).
Il any anti-vaccinationiSt Or any
ono else can cite any principle Of the
Code Of Medical Ethics by which =
physician 3 hindered from telling thu
truth In circumstances where any
human being = injured thereby, III
undertake to shame the medical pro.
1ession into . revision Of the 0ode
thru tho force Of public opinion.
You know how . corporation law
yer studies the Constitution and thu
Statutes TO find loopholes Tor hi
clients7 Well, ! have studied Thu
Code Of Medical Ethics pretty care.
fully ! have never discovered any.
thing II It that IN any way cramps
doctors thoughts, words or deeds
9 long 6 he Is up to no skulldug-
gerry.
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