Vaccination
Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Metropolitan Information Service notice regarding smallpox vaccination
Collection
Identifier: MSS 481
Scope and Contents
This informational notice from the Metropolitan Information Service argues the benefits of vaccination. It notes the decreased deaths from smallpox among American soldiers during the war and also cites numbers from American troops stationed in the Philippines during the smallpox epidemic in 1918-1919. The notice also compares cases in states with different laws regarding compulsory vaccination and addresses fears about the dangers of vaccination by explaining that careful administration reduces...
Dates:
circa 1925
