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Anti-Vaccination League of Pennsylvania, 1907 - 10 páginas
 

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Página 1 - The only part of the conduct of any one, for which he is amenable to society, is that which concerns others. In the part which merely concerns himself, his independence is, of right, absolute. Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign.
Página 2 - The absolute rights of man, considered as a free agent, endowed with discernment to know good from evil, and with power of choosing those measures which appear to him to be most desirable, are usually summed up in one general appellation, and denominated the natural liberty of mankind.
Página 2 - The smallpox, so fatal and so general amongst us, is here entirely harmless by the invention of ingrafting, which is the term they give it. There is a set of old women who make it their business to perform the operation every autumn, in the month of September, when the great heat is abated. People send to one another to know if any of their family has a mind to have the smallpox ; they make parties for this purpose, and when they are met (commonly fifteen or sixteen together), the old woman comes...
Página 2 - The right of personal security consists in a person's legal and uninterrupted enjoyment of his life, his limbs, his body, his health, and his reputation.
Página 2 - ... summed up in one general appellation, and denominated the natural liberty of mankind. This natural liberty consists properly in a power of acting as one thinks fit, without any restraint or control, unless by the law of nature; being a right inherent in us by birth, and one of the gifts of God to man at his creation, when he endued him with the faculty of free will.
Página 3 - THE COLLEGE, HAVING BEEN INFORMED THAT FALSE REPORTS CONCERNING THE SUCCESS OF INOCULATION IN ENGLAND HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES, THINK PROPER TO DECLARE THEIR SENTIMENTS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER, VIZ. : THAT THE ARGUMENTS WHICH AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THIS PRACTICE WERE URGED AGAINST IT...
Página 2 - ... disease. Immunity to smallpox. Inoculation. — The development of our knowledge in this direction is interesting and instructive. The first systematic steps toward securing artificial immunity from disease appear to have been taken in the case of smallpox. In the early part of the eighteenth century, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, the wife of the British ambassador at Constantinople, and a woman of rare gifts, in interesting letters sent from Constantinople to friends at home pointed out that the...
Página 7 - Dear sir : In answer to your invitation to speak with Mr. Porter F. Cope on vaccination, I beg to say that T will have to decline upon the ground that the value of vaccine as a prophylactic against small-pox is one of the best settled medical questions ; and further, for the reason that I find it absurd to discuss medical questions of such importance with laymen. Yours truly, SAMUEL G. DIXON.
Página 7 - ... questions." When the doctors disagree as to the value of vaccination, who shall deny the people the right to decide the question for themselves? TRUTH NEVER HURT BY PUBLIC DISCUSSION. The practice of vaccination although affecting the...
Página 2 - The smallpox so general and so fatal amongst us, is here rendered entirely harmless by the invention of engrafting, which is the term they give it. There is a set of old women who make it their business to perform the operation.

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