Guess who said this and when
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Perhaps it was this guy:
www.thenewatlantis.com
Anti-vaccination organizations were not limited to the United Kingdom. The Anti-Vaccination Society of America was founded in 1879, followed in short order by the New England Anti-Compulsory Vaccination League (1882) and the Anti-Vaccination League of New York City (1885). James Martin Peebles, an American physician and author of Spiritualist books, wrote a volume in 1900 entitled Vaccination: A Curse and a Menace to Personal Liberty, with Statistics Showing Its Dangers and Criminality. He gave the controversy a peculiarly American twist, explaining that “the vaccination practice … has not only become the chief menace and gravest danger to the health of the rising generation, but likewise the crowning outrage upon the personal liberty of the American citizen.”
Vaccines and Their Critics, Then and Now
Why skeptics believe what they believe
www.thenewatlantis.com
Anti-vaccination organizations were not limited to the United Kingdom. The Anti-Vaccination Society of America was founded in 1879, followed in short order by the New England Anti-Compulsory Vaccination League (1882) and the Anti-Vaccination League of New York City (1885). James Martin Peebles, an American physician and author of Spiritualist books, wrote a volume in 1900 entitled Vaccination: A Curse and a Menace to Personal Liberty, with Statistics Showing Its Dangers and Criminality. He gave the controversy a peculiarly American twist, explaining that “the vaccination practice … has not only become the chief menace and gravest danger to the health of the rising generation, but likewise the crowning outrage upon the personal liberty of the American citizen.”
Yup. It was Peebles. His book was published in 1900. Interestingly Peebles lays out a strong case that it was greatly improved sanitation that greatly reduced the frequency and severity of smallpox outbreaks.Perhaps it was this guy:
Vaccines and Their Critics, Then and Now
Why skeptics believe what they believe
Anti-vaccination organizations were not limited to the United Kingdom. The Anti-Vaccination Society of America was founded in 1879, followed in short order by the New England Anti-Compulsory Vaccination League (1882) and the Anti-Vaccination League of New York City (1885). James Martin Peebles, an American physician and author of Spiritualist books, wrote a volume in 1900 entitled Vaccination: A Curse and a Menace to Personal Liberty, with Statistics Showing Its Dangers and Criminality. He gave the controversy a peculiarly American twist, explaining that “the vaccination practice … has not only become the chief menace and gravest danger to the health of the rising generation, but likewise the crowning outrage upon the personal liberty of the American citizen.”
Smallpox is a zymotic disease. Zymotic means fermentation. Smallpox thrives in filth where great amounts of fermentation take place. Where ever there was open sewage, rotting food, and overall uncleanliness is where smallpox thrived. Greatly improved public sanitation came into existence just as smallpox was going away. That wasn't an accident. It was that which conquered small pox as the greatly improved sanitation took away the breeding grounds for smallpox.
I actually have Peebles book from archive.org. I have read very similar histories from other people who have thoroughly studied the history of vaccinations. They have always been a huge revenue producer for organized medicine. Peebles documents this from around the world. It's not an American twist in the history of medicine as the author of the article you cite says.