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Show E2ZEu.ZIl lEGIGLiiiGIvS T5AT -r ' TEETO' 'DISINFECTANT" DOES ROT MEAN GOiViPULSORY VACCINATION I ' 112 construction to be placed upon the word "disinfectant" which appears , In House bill No. 112, . a sanitary measure, almost caused a panic among certain of the members before It was passed by the House yesterday. The bill had been read for the third time and the vote was about to be taken ta-ken when Representative Wilson Jumped from his chair and asked: . t "WHAT DO YOU CONSTRUE THE WORD 'DISINFECTANT TO MEAN DOES IT INCLUDE VACCINATION?" "No," was the answer by Representative Condon, the father of the bilL Mr. Condon had barely uttered the monosyllable when the same query was made by Representative Stoker. ...,'.,. The Telegram has made inquiries of men In different professions, and opinions opin-ions from their several standpoints, as to whether the word "disinfectant" Implies Im-plies vaccination, are given herewith. " 0 WEESTEB'S DEFINITIONS " OF VACCINATION" AND s -WORD DISINFECTANT. s . - . G Dis-infect-ant dls-lnfeckt-ant). n. . That which disinfects; an agent for removing the cause of InfecUoo, as (? chlorine. Vac-cl-na-tlon (na-shun). n. The act, art or practice of vaccinating or Inoculating with cowpox, in or- der to prevent or mitigate an at- tack of smallpox by inoculation. From a Doctor' Standpoint. DR. J. C. E. KING: No, indeed, it does not It couldn't possibly. They have no connection. . . "Does not vaccination disinfect ' the smallpox germ?" he was then asked. " No. It infects the germ; It gives cow-pox." cow-pox." was the answer. FTOtn a Druggist's Standpoint. V. C. SCHRAMM: No. I should say that It didn't. If a man came Into my store and asked for a disinfectant disinfect-ant I wouldn't attempt to vaccinate vacci-nate him. From a Legislator' Standpoint. SENATOR LOVE: No, I wouldn't think so. In fact, I do not see how any one could Interpret the meaning that way. From an .Educator's Standpoint. SUPERINTENDENT D. H.- CHRISTEN CHRIS-TEN SEN: No, In my; opinion, it does not. It has not been so Interpreted Inter-preted here. From a Clubwoman's Standpoint. . MRS. C. E. ALLEN: No, It does not Why don't you look It up In the dictionary? dic-tionary? From a Health Officer's Standpoint. HORACE SMITH, clerk of the Board . of Health: No, It does not If you had a suit of clothes with smallpox germs in It you would not vaccinate vacci-nate the suit to get rid of them you would disinfect It Vaccination is a prophylactic against smallpox. From a Scavenger's Standpoint. 1 F. W. DAVIS, clerk of the Odorless Scavenger company: No, hardly. How could anybody construe the word "disinfectant" to mean vaccination? vacci-nation? From the Attorney's Standpoint. DENNIS C. EICHNOR, District Attor-- Attor-- ney: The word "disinfectant" could not be construed by the sharpest lawyer to mean "vaccina- Uon" |