Sir Lyon Playfair taken to pieces and disposed of : likewise Sir Charles W. Dilke, bart., being a dissection of their speeches in the House of Commons, on 19th June, 1883, in defence of compulsory vaccination / by William White.

  • White, William, 1831 or 1832-1890
Date:
1884
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Credit: Sir Lyon Playfair taken to pieces and disposed of : likewise Sir Charles W. Dilke, bart., being a dissection of their speeches in the House of Commons, on 19th June, 1883, in defence of compulsory vaccination / by William White. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    died of Smallpox in the Prussian army in the several months of the years 1869, 1870, and 1871. [This shows 1 death in 1869, in the month of August; none in 1870; in 1871, 3 deaths in July, 6 in August, 6 in Septem- ber, 10 in November, and 12 in December.] For the time from July, 1870, to June, 1871 (the twelve months of the war), the numbers wished for are not recorded, and regret is expressed that on this account the de- sired information cannot be given. Toler Lisouke. To George S. Gibbs, Esq., Derry Lodge, Darlington. Thus do the 263 Germans follow the 23469 Frenchmen into the realm of fiction ! The marvellous statistic with which Sir Lyon Playfair astonished the House of Com- mons, and drew an ecstatic compliment from Sir Charles Dilke, is at last recognised for fabulous beyond dispute. What shall be said of a cause thus defended ? What shall we think of an advocate who picks up figures he knows not where, and vouches for them as authentic because they happen to lie for Vaccination ?
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