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the abolition of railways because of railway accidents, as to
demand the abolition of Yaccination on account of such
accidental occurrences.
IX. —The great means whereby Small Pox may be wholly
exterminated is universal Yaccination.
X.—Small Pox is one of the greatest curses to man, whilst
Yaccination is one of his greatest blessings.
I am glad to inform you that this resume immediately
excited the most violent opposition amongst
those who are opposed to vaccination; and its
statements have been diffused throughout the length
and breadth of the land. In the Parish of Saint
Pancras one gentleman had 10,000 copies struck off
for private circulation. In various parts of the
country the document has been re-published with,
I understand, most beneficial results.
Legislation on Zymotic Diseases.
The fact that Catching Diseases are extensively
propagated by the ignorance and carelessness of the
community has attracted the attention of the Legislature,
and although the usual method of allowing the
public authorities to let their fellow-creatures be killed
or not, has usually been followed; in our recent sanitary
legislation it will perhaps surprise some persons
in the community to know that, to a certain extent,