Major Boudren's reply to unknown author : [concerning] action of the Common Council of Bridgeport in unanimously opposing compulsory vaccination.

  • Boudren, Thomas, -1913.
Date:
[1907?]
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Credit: Major Boudren's reply to unknown author : [concerning] action of the Common Council of Bridgeport in unanimously opposing compulsory vaccination. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    , riEfrigiQfi? MAJOR BOUDREN'S REPLY TO.p UNKNOWN AUTHOR The action of the (*oniinou Coiuieil of Bridgeport in unanimously opposing Couiiiulsory Vaeeination prompted some one. who did not dare to sign his name, to send to the member's the folloAving: I»i'iit. Coiiiu ilnian says -Sninll-iiox can. but never «III be wholly eratli- o;it<'<l. The chief obstacle Avhich stands in the way of eradication, is the ina- bility (I) vecogiiize facts and to make proper deductions fi'om llieni, wliich seem lo be associated with certain cu'ders of mind, 'llic facts with iej;ard to the pi'odiictii'u <if small-pox innnuriity by vaccination are es(abU-hed. The oi'der of mind which leads to Ihcir denial will probubI>' ne\ cr disaj^pear from tlic Inimnn i-aci'. •'I'rofessor (oiinciiman is NOT a a coach-lainp uianufaclnver. •■Professor ( onncibnap '-.^ XOT a sewing machine niecliaiiie. This was on a postal card and was intended for argu- ment in favor of vaccinatiou--Sf) put to it are its defenders for anything worth saying. Jf tlie wii1er of tlie card had th'sired, lie might have (luoted medical and scientitic authorities quite as emineni as Pi-ofessoi Conni-ilnian, and he conld ha\'e added: Profcssoi- Mfied Wallace i- NOT a li4M-bci't Spcncei' \\;is XOT a Scwinii' .M.achinc .\h*clianic: Neither was Sir TSenjamin Waid lliehardson. Xor is I'rof. K. yi. Crookshank. nor .Sir AXilliain J. Collins, nor l)r. Charles F. Taye. Xoi- 1*1'. i-'redei'ic Preston. Koi- Dr. Waltei- Jl. .lames, nor the l>i's. Wi-sselhocfl. But this would have more Ihau filled his postal card, and then he would only ha\'e made tlie smallest hegimiing at enumerating the distinguished possessors of that order of mind tli.'it can see nothing good in disease-mongeriug. These ni'o minds quite as capable as is Professor Conni-il- man of recognizing facts and making ])roper deductions —something superior, if a coach lamp maker may lie al- lowed to judge. Perhaps all wisdom on health matters is mil the exclusive possession of those who pnt M. D. after their names. Being left in doulti as to the author I was compelled to resort to Psychological science to obtain his likeness which I here present. :;^^^ mocuuTtotJ VACCINATION Pamphlet