THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, MARCH 15, 1900.
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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.
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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
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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
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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 !
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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
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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 ,
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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 -
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
.
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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.
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You get six teen pages of good read- ,
17 Why law should coerce ac-
Yours truly,
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th e news of th e n atio n and th e
w ith o u t it.
ceptance of a medical superstition
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w orld, for only $1.50 a year.
if not a religious dogma.
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ness,’’ disease-mongering is not
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y ear for only $1.75, little m ore th a n
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