Researches upon 'spurious vaccination,' or the abnormal phenomena accompanying and following vaccination in the Confederate Army, during the recent American Civil War, 1861-1865 / by Joseph Jones.

  • Jones, Joseph, 1833-1896.
Date:
1867
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Credit: Researches upon 'spurious vaccination,' or the abnormal phenomena accompanying and following vaccination in the Confederate Army, during the recent American Civil War, 1861-1865 / by Joseph Jones. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Upon “Spurious Vaccination ,” or the Abnormal Phenomena accompanying and following Vaccination in the Con- federate Army, during the recent American Civil War, 1861-1865. By Joseph Jones, M.D., Professor of Physiolo- gy and Pathology, in the Medical Department of the Univer- sity of Nashville, Tenn. SECTION I. Preliminary Observations—Accidents attending Vaccina- tion AMONGST THE CITIZENS AND SOLDIERS OF THE CONFED- ERATE States—Necessity for the Investigation—Me- thod, Extent and Object of the Inquiry. During the recent civil war, untoward results followed vaccina- tion, and a number of deaths both amongst the troops and citizens were directly referable to the effects of vaccination. So great was the evil in the army, that it was made a special subject of inves- tigation, and a number of interesting reports were prepared by several of the medical officers, upon what was most generally called in the army, “spurious vaccination.” Our friend, Surgeon Jackson Chambliss, in charge of Div. No. 1 Camp Winder Hos- pital, Richmond, had examined and recorded a large number of cases of “spurious vaccination,” illustrated with drawings of the various local diseases and skin affections. As far as our informa- tion extends, this valuable mass of matter, relating to one of