Show SCORES SCORES UTAH UTAH MEDICAL SOCIETY Says Vaccination l Is Not the tho Oni Known Prevention S to Cu li h it itUs Us Creek Crek Mich Oct O IL H To the Editor Dear Sir From the neW p I IIa Ia that tbt In I t the recent rent at 01 I th Slits Medical society ton lions w wee passed pd that are of oC Intent to the people ot of Utah at th present time I It appears that t this august by body is II not nol ItI wIth d power conferred upon some lome of I Ii member by the recent division of tt the 8 curt court of Ula Utah and d now a the elate Legislature to confer upon them the power tl to compel ill an the J pie Je to submit to vaccInation One Ole statement mae made In the h is isan an Insult neul to tb the Intelligence of the public and a to the society that pale passed the resolutions Ien hers sri are the exact words word It is II the kown known and that I if properly performed is a harmless anti sure ure pie for tor smallpox T Tb physician had charge ot of the 1 came In BaIt alt tako lk elated that the so cale called smallpox thre took the ate as wen well as the which Is II an ot of the fally falsity ot of the hiNt In the resolution re the ut r 11 lag ot of the vaccinated people ot of Uth Utah lat last winter is I of the falt falsity of the tho statement I It but this Ihl could not nt hive have selected a more mens means of demonstrating tb the lack of knowledge of II Its membra member r is girding the true tru preventive for lor smallpox than to state that I it II 1 this the of that society lolet that vaccination I Is the anI only pr pre I We are williar to concede I that I it I is the only oaly 0 one known to Ibm bu because not a step elp w was take taken b by this society or the health boards at last winter to inform th the public or of tb the true pr pre venus While the th Uth State Medical loce society here confesses to toan toan an Ignorance of any preventive inia ln ure except vaccination this bil belief is II not shared hared by al all members of the tar lar medical profession Il It Is generally belIeved teed by the mecal medical profession as I Well wel a as by others wh who have bue given Iven the a thought that hat smallpox can thrive only where I law are not properly ob observed served This view la is held ly by provan prova as wU well as b by rn In prof of this I shall quote Ut the wo words of an n eminent who II aD ad d oate ocate If of vaccination Benjamin Ward War M I D LL IL LI D F Z U R 8 0 who who 8 says In bl his book Preventive tin page N Mi It vaccinatIon baa Iare a mot most important part and aDd b baa In al all probability by giving time for general Jeneral removal of smallpox poison from Crom the hODe of oC the people brought the suppression ot ol smallpox within the range ot of alo with withoUt I oUt nut necessitating for tor many yes long longer er U tise enforcement ot of vaccination Page 61 he be says YI In this day we h have rot got oVer the disaster so 10 far fa that It If throughout our towns We Lad had proper accommodation for tor the recep ton lion of all smallpox cl case u soon oon as they occur and mea means for the com complete piete destruction of the virus Ire which each cue produces In such abundance tae cu pruce w we could soon on tamp stamp out smallpox ato alto b by sanitary measures without AgaIn page a I Ii rt rests with poll rather than with lh the men of to determine whether It is II rd good practIce to make vaccination Iry and speaking on the te political side Ide I do Dt not think I it I Is At present the compulsory method I doing the great vat Ct eat Injury to b by making it so unpopular that people wi will not nol I 1 listen to 10 reason un on the merits merit of the In time It wil will ul In tan the process altogether u as a and tyrannical measure II in l I It Iem seems to rae me to be bethe bethe the dut duty of tb the government o to retain dun the existing and to make 11 as healthy and perfect a is hut to II all penalties for fo enforcement and to stop tup at once the unseemly trall trials for meat which raise an emotional disgust or dislike without In the slightest dere degree satisfying the rUn reason Ira nature of the This wa was written seventeen yesra ean an agi anI In and sine that time there the lisa I been such uch strong tron opposition tu to the tu law from the people sup up l by Ime some of the most t eminent scientists b ad and physician that thai perils meat wu was forced tu to chan chane the law tent fred that toa today the conscientious objector not have hi children vaccinated j jo 0 II give v a an Idea of tb the sentiments of l lIm eume Im taM stand high In the public CI wh I quote th wor Words 1 ot of Ur Dr Col Coi Colln ln Ursa a member I f the celebrated S a as th they ap appeared In tb the DI Daisy arA one h hu sired for lor seven en I I I i ye rl tn In the Ule Royal Corlon on onVa Val II Uon and who had a large hare In drawing up aD It its I report ad and I a dissentient Dut nuts thereto I 1 cannot help with 11 all liberals ad and respecters or of lon even en In tars medical as the lull results ot of our labors The Thu policy of the open p door dor fur or th the honest bOD I to sac a I b has now ben been authoritatively i ac accepted pl by both parties In Il tire and ld compulsory vaccination ha has ID surrendered at discretion After this long Ion struggle trull vie tory tury of justice ad and liberty In lolau England will we ot ol th the progressive Stale of Ita permit th the society Iod and health boards to tore force upon u such qs blI law that can t brine saw q y thing but evil 1 rul result to I thu lu luThi pais This is I a of great r at tint Thi to all 1 and those who ar are about lu o t tercie ot of the greatest rights of a ercie one on erl dUIn ot of placing Ibo over ver who rule him and make tle the law bm h he should obey should ton n cider Ih the question Every fur fir who Wm will b be pieced In a tu to the I I b a asked I to bl hi opinion onIon regarding a torn 11 law then Ibeo the will know alton to 10 cut cast their vote wi ot Thi medical society hits TI that thi th practically Supreme court bad ba no DO right to delegate deall the poster to the health boards board that 1 one nB them lest wlter winter or th the llly uld nut flut hl have petitioned Ihl that t t ausa A law giving or of tin rK Ibis laW II tr for In t be beh lear people rl who hn tilt h I hI T I It an hI ty thi til u rn leai leaito many man eare arp 1 f to th II r I t 1 45 1 chIn rf f M I r c n r In le medical Th t f th mn move moves and some 51 V 1 11 In th the rn ii II s t h It It Even I Irr at EC nf if the 1 l l 1 ther s url urt t I Joh tU tul r I or u urn 11 hs hy by th Ih regular I liefl heen rt r nt of nr prote anI at I a the I 1 h 5 1 ion on lr Ir fl In t rr hr s I al d dres In the er on State lrE on the th cc f t 1 k with Jh of oC great rt bacterial ard I I methods of treatment to medicine lie began by saying the l ban ar are be based or on errors I and nd are the out outcome come of lo indu 1 eer every OI on of them lb m p and Ins ot of animal lt hf Will which these metho c oC oCr r research ad hay been 1 cannot b b proved to have saved lAved On inc human huma lie lit h or to have In an any app lable degree the lod of oC hunters human suffering What a confusion lo tl to lIme come from the tim bead of orthodox medic In 1 Is It pol peed ble that a Pasteur the chief apostle oC 0 serum rum therapy must fail all also In reo ic icard fard ard to tb the fads fadl Prof of at the Ule Im Clinic uC u uthe the Royal of oC Naples sayi ya We ifford tu to u be Into err erie Th this respect rel and I that youn younger e emen men should hould take t It to hart 1 so tha when they enter upon the fields of thu work they ther may not In the name of o i I of human humin become destroyers progress prore bome Ir It and what I Is WOre worse still of the te at ar which by is II called Ih the heading one In regard to I Lastly influence produced by an Infection It i mu must t be as a a 1 sort ort or of val vancE nation b by whIch one on nail drive olt ont another or I it OU nai prefer r becomes bomel the at anti dots or of another But In what Nu Nt can ean we secure such an antidote one knows know he Iw had dl die covered It for the cure of but overe his WU evidently tire Ule of a error for Cor It he hail bIll reckoned that we can obtain no gO law In ii regard ad to arUl l or whichever you pI please upon chum chem an iM a he h lc easily have ban understood aP Ul the prots problem lem was u not possible and could hence lead only to absurdity ty And 1 so It bl baa happened The membra members It of the Lime e that th wants to force vaccination upon are r le bed astray atry t by the Idea that there must be a pi pill or potion tr for tery very ailment hence henl such I is III necessary to they hey tell us UI Cf of the rl at gnat rt achievements In tel the curative art but Dr Eden In an article Why Quake Quackery Succeeds Succeed artele which wu was published in II the Lancet and oft January 13 lP 1900 appeared In the Ihl MedIcal Record 13 elord the tact and d declared lared It I a reproach to the professIons that with Ith al all their boasted scientIfic progress the practIce ot of the healin at art In the domaIn of surgery is II making such ucb scanty ad advancement Dr I ii not the only one who sees ee this but tb the peole Jeo I are made to lo rl realise It It so 10 many ar IrratIonal things save have b been In turn practiced and abandoned ly by the pro that the people have lot lost con confidence and submit to things that eio do donot not appeal to 0 their ron reison for the r rca ll son that more rationaL mean lean ate 8 not l ot 1 within reacts ach lut But of oC al all the declara lions thai cr ca cam from fm a boS body If f toll professional the InOt most ati ab said one II is that It I is the hE unanimous opinIon of the si 0 clety that vaccination I is th manly known knon of o smallpox t If I believed that this view is h hel held by the whole medical profession v I should hould feel el me Ine meU sorry for ever choosing very mei u nr a Irr but al all do not nol hav have 1 so little confidence In natural means mean of if preventing dl disease In th the medical that I am attending at the Ibe elA present time the regular put tm ut If medicine are ta taught and a nIl tb the professors ar are OrthOdoX on the but it If anything lerm erm theory f dl disease Ia It Is II that under proper I anI and I con conditions Ih I cannot BY keening P the i P body In a healthy condition we Sri ar Ito sune What have tInt U and done for Jk IH Tb The cc r of th the medical know knew why di they not t tell tb the io 10 pie Have Hae t the members o of this I a I Ive ty given the any ve sultan tar to b be 4 U ft the 4 jt Ht this society will 11 11 hip the tb il t it Il rational way ay they II e II ill te we the of 0 the ll bit mt au u UI tb the elet Pr JI p se I WUL 1 bring pe rind 11 la Ii I desire to quote 1 et feW seq fron froat eminent mn to toj j that tbt Ia I th tk true tru pro proC C tive of teti Ii II W IV 11 lt M t 1 9 F It I w M MI 11 I I II Ia had The No 1 21 11 19 The bl tru truo If Ufa a are Iture and a If life Brighton health 00 D 11 11 ISS 1811 Sir John 1111 M 1 D F n It S for Forthe the Ih ot of epidemic I I b I the sole sol lf safe safeguard guard 11 of nf London Helth Health Re He te I i I 1 tg pr eort 1 M A M B In tb the Natley and epidemic C a the of smallpox were amongst tb tho those itt It b hd unitary conditions though not one ot of them 1 opposed on to vaccination Olp Royal No o 11 Government Blue Bk Book Il Th 1 ha epi pl densic smallpox mUt must b be mt met b by tOn the sanitary conditions of ofle le the ppl people Measures In In vol JI 19 p I 1 dl Many more might b be ade added from eminent I ii JOHN T MILLER t |