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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (March 15, 1900)
THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, MARCH 15, 1900. 3 Or a narrow-minded bigot $ 3 — G R E A T S P E C IA L O F F E R \\ ho accepts without a reason Any absurd thing priests tell him. Thus is offered health and freedom COWPOX- In this Oregon Elysium. 2 That it is not related to sniall- But the measure of prosperity pox. Depends somewhat upon industry. 3 That its course may be mild or severe. An Anti Heard From. 4 That it may cause death bv erysipelas or pyæmia. E ditor T orch of R eason : 5 That it is always a risky bus I see by your report of a local iness and a filthy fad. (Silverton) meeting that in the 6 That fatalities are not so re B new Tam llv medical W ork discussion upon ‘‘Vaccination” ported, but covered up. there was not sufficient argument bv D r. 1 fi. Greer, Cbicaao 7 That many of the vaccinated H IS book is up to d a te in every p a r offered for the “antis/’ This is take smallpox. tic u lar. J * rather unusual. I have often seen I t tells you how to cure yourself 8 That many unvaccinated never meetings where the “pros” failed do. by sim p le a n d h arm less hom e rem edies. to respond to the challenge to de It recom m ends no poisonous oi 9 lhat thoroughly vaccinated bate. It is a large subject, and dan g ero u s drugs. persons do die of smallpox—lots of acpnrnt aclie8 .si.tn Ple com m on-sense m ethods in though forced upon the interest cases recorded. accordance w ith n a tu r e ’s laws. and attention of thousands at the t h A n ® n °>1 *nd° ree dangerous ex p erim e ts with 10 That syphilis can be conveyed tn e su rg eo n ’s knife. present time by health (?) boards, with it. n ic th o d s '68 h ° W tO SHVe h e a ,th and liie b.v 8aie I will not presume to ask the use 11 That infantile syphilis in I t is e n tirely free from technical ru b b ish . of your space to present my views, creased in England (1853 to 1883) hnvv tf aches. P ^ v e n t i o n - t h a t i t is b e tter to know or at least not more than a mere aq a / n aV° ld d,8ea8e th a n t0 tak e anv m edicine in proportion to vaccination. outline of them. I tried for over - 12 That many English towns It teachesbow typhoid and other fevers can be twenty years to see both sides of have quit it. “ ’ ‘" - - ^ ^ ^ d H Í s l n d eveO;7oÍL?rtd¡X e°r “ the subject, but have grown to be h8ease- 13 That Leicester (England) has I t is not an a d v ertisem en t am i has no m edicine to sell i t ¡ X Ttí ¡ M E ! r r '"!• »»<1 the’ use of anti-toxine. an active partisan of the opposi fought off smallpox for ten years T h is book cm m oiP¿ i í t 8h,°a , n 8 d ifferent p arts of th e h u m an body, tion, and a few years ago I summed without it. an d easiest m eans, A f e S , it*. y ° " l0° king f° r he“ l,h by th e 9 a,ert up the following forty “vaccine 14 That sanitation and isolation If. G reer, th e a u th o r, is a p racticing p h y sician in Chicago, is Professor of points:” deserve all the credit and vaccina R College President’ s Cestimon- ¡« e iu to -U rin a ry D iseases in th e College WHAT WE don ’ t KNOW OF VAC tion none. PROF WM. II. COOK, f o r th i r t y y e a - , n e „ „ o f Ic h ilf Í n lh ! " T v / 7 4 .P h / T 8 ÍC Í» n - ÍD- Cinciniiati rhygio-.Medirai Coiteg«*, w rite s to L , to 1 . H a rv a rd M edical In s titu te , CINATION. 15 That compulsion is unjustifi the author foouwt. and h as w ritten m any works of value t o •• 1 h av e e x a m in e d y o u r book. ‘ A P h y ric ia n In th e H he profession and public. 1 Source of the disease—or its able, and taxation without educa Houne, und am inueti p lc a . v l w ith i r , c o n te n ta a n d | T h io t to n e . E v e iy la in ily »houl.l Know how t o c a r e f o r t h e 1*118 ÜOOK f i a s S00 pages, 18 n e a tly germ. tion is tyranny. h e a lth o f f h e 1 on »h o ld , » t i l t h I n h u m a n r i g h t a n d | b o u n d in cloth w ith gold le tters a n d w i l l d u ty . > o u r I o, k p i v t - t h e lu lo r in a tio n needed an d In , 1»P Ht, „ . . . . , .i , ,, ’a , K ’ w l >* 2 What the result will be in any 16 That the present law can’t I n g u a g e th e i m p l e c a n re a d ily u n d e rs ta n d . I c o n I . Ht?i l t p o s t p a i d t o a ilV a d d r e s s O il r e - A hatulnte y o ------ u o n n o . t n a m in g th « tiae o f a n y p o iso n , ceipt of price, $3.00. ------------- case. enforce vaccination. b u t a d h e rin g r ti iefly to t h e u re o f non-polaonou« rem e d le — th e o< e tr u e p rin c ip le t h a t ah o u ld g u id e all 3 Who can be safely vaccinated. tr e a tm e n t o f d i« ea-e, a n d w h ich I h a v e a d v o c a te d lu 17 lhat law cannot properly i “.j SPECIAL OFFER S U I4P B S IS ♦ »-, T TORCH ÍS !» m y p ra c tic e fo r f o rty y earn o r m o re. O F R E A o X ? TORCH 7 o u rs tr u ly , 4 Who will die from its effects. deal with what it cannot define— OF REA ON for one year for only ' D . W. . C .” I the price of the book alone. 53.00 5 How to make it safe or harm- i. e., vaccination. it-eS. 18 That doctors who know7 most 6 What proportion of cases prove about it think the worst ol it. How to Make fatal. 19 That if those who do it could 7 That it ever prevented small be made to pay for damages they Good Tim es fo r all T im e pox. 3 I T * 1 ■' ■r ; r»'.11 j ii a would soon quit. Z T he G o v ern m en t n atio n alized th e P ostal S ystem , why n o t also 8 W’ho is and who is not liable 20 That those who are well need th e M oney S ystem ? A plan is told by C. ELTON B L A N C H A R D to smallpox. not a physician, but those that are in h is book e n t i t l e d ................................. 9 How many who die of small sick. pox have been vaccinated—the UNCLE S A M ’S I challenge the other side to give facts are suppressed. v any convincing proof that I am H O M ILIE S ON FINANCE 10 How to get a safe, pure virus. wrong on one in forty. There is ------- Postpaid for 25 Cents 11 Whether even a so-called pure no royal road to education, no All profits on th is book will be given to th e L io eral U n iv e rsity virus could be used without serious cheap and easy short cut, and so Should lie in th e h an d s of every th in k in g person. A ddress all o rders to The TORCH OF REASON, Silverton, Oregon risks. there is no charm, or trick, or 12 How often it should be done fetish by which we can dodge dis- to protect. ease and promote health. The Do you ta k e th e . . . Forstner’s . . 13 How long its influence for one way to health (wholeness) is good(?) or evil lasts. by conformity to laws or condi T o rch of Reason? I t is only One D ollar a Y ear, and 14 How to decide when to re tions lhat favor it, and 1 stand IS INVALCAHE TO co n tain s reading m a tte r th a t you can peat it—whether as often as it will firmly on the rock that we cannot not get elsew here for th ree tim es the m oney. I t com es every week, too. C a r p e n te r s a n d J o in e r s , for m o rtisin g , take, or in 2, 5 or 7 year». gain health and advantage by such as le ttin g in locks, as it ta k e s th e place of chisel a n d gouge; to 15 How far it would have done I disease-mongering” ta k e th e c r- or trying - / - o to, Do - - you * ---- -------- — ----— b in e t M a k e rs , for in laid w ork, dow- away with smallpox unaided by “beat the devil at bis own game.” W eekly Ol*6QOnidn C a elling, p atch in g , rem oving sp lits and . . . . ** sanitation. If you can find space for m my forty k n o ts. In fact, no I t is p u b lish ed a t P o rtla n d , ore., 16 What legal or moral right points, many may find them handy and co n tain s m ore and l>etter in fo r m ation in regard to th e Pacific W a g o n o r P a t t e r n M a k e r m a n u fa c tu r there is “to do evil that good may to pocket for reference and useful e r of pianos, organs, sew ing m ach in es, N orthw est th a n an y o th e r p a p er.an d a g ric u ltu ral im p lem en ts, sash , b lin d s, is th e best news- p ap er in Oregon. come.” in argument. fu rn itu re , nor You get six teen pages of good read- , 17 Why law should coerce ac- Yours truly, ing m a tte r each week, including all A n y O th e r W o o d w o rk e r, sh o u ld be th e news of th e n atio n and th e w ith o u t it. ceptance of a medical superstition E. B. F oote , J r ., M. D. w orld, for only $1.50 a year. if not a religious dogma. New York, Feb. 17, E. M. 300. 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