Books and Other Documents from the Archives

As I explore the 1800s and early 1900s archives, looking for clues about our medical history (and other aspects), I come across some highly informative books and documents that provide insight to our history – often history that we have forgotten.

I am placing these documents here for my bookmark library, I hope you enjoy exploring them too.

A great resource to search the American newspaper archives to find out what was said back when!

Search 1770-1963 by keyword by State – HERE

Influenza Encyclopedia - digital resource by Uni Michigan Library

University of Michigan Library – Influenza Encyclopedia is another resource for 1918-19 influenza epidemic historical electronic documents. 50 US cities and their stories – HERE, CREDIT

Articles by keyword search:

  • transmission, masks, orders etc – HERE
  • case totals – HERE
  • sanitation – HERE
  • quarantine – HERE, legislation – HERE
  • overcrowding, closures – HERE
  • United States Public Health Service – HERE
  • Origin theories – HERE

Organised by year of publication – in chronological order

Documents ARE continuously being added

1700s

1798 – Proofs of a Conspiracy against all the Religions and Governments of Europe carried on in the Secret Meetings of Free Masons, Illuninati and Reading Societies – by John Robinson –READ
[A curious title!! – found in The John Adams Library at the Boston Public Library]
1796 – The History of the Inoculation of the Small-pox in Great Britain by Sr William Woodville

1800s (early)

1852 – Lesser Writings of Samuel Hahnemann – Collected and Translated by R. E. Dudgeon MD – READ,
(The beginnings of preventative medicine “Cure and Prevention of Scarlet Fever (1801)” – READ, CREDIT)

1880-1899

1898 – Vaccination Proved Useless & Dangeous – from 45 years of Registration Statistics by Alfred R. Wallace – ARCHIVE, CREDIT
(summary of Vaccination a Delusion)
1898 – Vaccination a Delusion – proved by the official evidence in the reports of the Royal Commission by Alfred R. Wallace READ
1887 – The Natural History of Cow-Pox and Vaccinal Syphilis by Dr Charles Creighton –READ, QUOTE
1889 – Jenner And Vaccination: A Strange Chapter of Medical History by Dr Charles Creighton – READ
1892- The Principles and Practice of Medcine by William Osler MD
First published 1892, Some other editions: 1902, 1914, 1928
(See chapters on pneumonia and influenza)
1886 – The Value of Vaccination: A Non-Partisan Review of its History and Results, G.W. Winterburn – READ, CREDIT
1898 – The Wonderful Century its successes and failures by Alfred Russel Wallace – READ
Part II Failures – Ch18 Vaccination – READ
1888 – The Vaccine Watchman – WD Stokes – READ
1882 – Testimonies of Medical Authroities on Vaccination – READ
1881- Fact versus Fiction. A refutation of the National Health Society’s tract, entitled, “The prevention of small-pox” – READ
1887 – Some Leading Arguments Against Compulsory Vaccination – READ (incl. statistics)
1891 – A History of Epidemics in Britain by Charles Creighton – READ, 2nd Ed 1965 – READ
1880- The Vaccination Inquirer and Health Review by London Society for the Abolition of Compulsory Vaccination – READ
1882 – Vaccination: its Fallacies and Evils by Robert A Gunn MD – READ, includes statistics – READ
1899 – Catarrh, Colds and Grippe – Including Prevention and Cure ..With Chapter on Influenza
by John H. Clarke M.D. – READ

1900-1917

The American College: A Criticism by Abraham Flexner (1908)- READ
A prelude to The Flexner Report – TIMELINE
Foot and Mouth Disease 1908
1915 –US Dept Ag Farmer’s Buletin No 666: Foot-And-Mouth Disease – READ, READ,
Ch 5 CREDIT
Contaminated (smallpox) cowpox vaccine propagated on calves likely source of F&M disease! – READ, READ, 1908 – READ
1913 Modern Medicine: It’s Theory and Practice by Sir William Osler – Bacterial diseases – Vol 1, Vol 2, Vol 3, Vol 4, Vol 5. 1907, 1918, 1928. 1925
1914 – The Vaccination Question in the Light of Modern Experience – An appeal for Reconsideration (London) by Dr Killick Millard, Medical Officer of Health for Leicester – READ
1917 – The Treatment of Hay Fever:…The New Theory of Anaphylaxis by G.F. Laidlaw – READ, The Bacterial Vaccines Pg108
1910 – The Sources and Modes of Infection by Charles Chapin – READ, 2nd Ed 1916 – READ, CREDIT
1905 – Immunity in Infective Diseases by Elie Metchnikoff – READ, first pub. French (1901)- READ
1901 – Mosquitoes: How they live; How they carry disease; How they are classified; How they may be destroyed – L. Howard USDA – (The mosquito becomes a public health conern) – READ
1910 – The Prevention of Malaria by Ronald Ross – READ
1902 – The Vaccination Superstition – J.W. Hodge (ex-Public Vaccinator of Lockport) – READ, CREDIT
1900 (first ed) – Vaccination a Curse and a Menace to Personal Liberty, with Statistics Showing its Dangers and Criminality by James Martin Peebles – READ, CREDIT

1918-1919

A Report of an Epidemic of Influenza in Chicago – by Deptment of Health (1918) – READ
Treatment of Influenza by Dr Guy Beckley Stearns (Homeopathic CFR of 0.39%) (1919) – READ
Report of the Surgeon General US Army 1919 vol 1 – READ
(Spanish Flu!)
Report of the Surgeon General US Army 1919 vol 2 – READ
(Spanish Flu!)
CDC’s vital statistics for 1918-19 pandemic – ACCESS

1920-1939

Horrors of Vaccination Exposed and Illustrated – petition to abolish compulsory vaccination by Charles Michael Higgins, (1920) – READ, PDF
The Medical Follies by Morris Fishbein (JAMA editor)(1925) – READ, PDF
[See “These Cults” written in response to this attack on the medical competition]
These Cults by Annie Riley Hale (1926) – READ, PDF
[Written in response to “Medical Follies” (1925)]
The Medical Voodoo by Annie Riley Hale (1935) – READ, PDF
1922 – Samuel Hahnemann: His Life and Work (from actual documents) by Richard Haehl
Archive – (1922) VOL I, VOL II
1939 – The Founders of Modern Medicine – Pasteur, Koch, Lister by Elie Metcknifoff – READ

1940-1959

1957 – The Poisoned Needle by Elenor McBean – READ
1957 – An Introduction to the Study of Experimental Medicine by Claude Bernard (originally 1927) – ARCHIVE, CREDIT
1958 – The History of Public Health by George Rosen (expanded ed 1993) – READ
1949 – DDT Killer of Killers by Zimmermann and Lavine – READ
1948- The Vitamins in Medicine – Bickwell & Prescott – READ
1959 – The Clonal Selection Theory of Acquired Immunty by Sir McFarlane Burnet – READ.
Referenced (#23) in 2021 by Aust. Academy of Science – HERE

1960- 1979

Rockefeller Medicine Men: medicine and capitalism in America by Brown, E. Richard (1979) [Includes excerpts from Abraham Flexner c. 1940] – READ, PDF
Vaccination the Silent Killer – A Clear and Present Danger
by Ida Honorof & Elanor McBean (1977) – READ, CREDIT
McBean is a a reporter and an unvaccinated survivor of 1918
1973 – Homoeopathic Influences in 19th Century Allopathic Therapeutics – A Historical and Philosophical Study – by Harris L. Coulter – borrow from ARCHIVE
1977 (onward) Divided Legacy Volumes 1-4 by Harris L. Coulter – Vol II (1988) – ARCHIVE
1967 – The Hazards of Immunization by Sir Graham Wilson – PDF, CREDIT
“The first book devoted to the accidents and complications of immunization and serum therapy” – REF
The Dangers of Immunization 1979
1979 – The Dangers of Immunization by The Humanitarian Society w/ forward by Archie Kolokerinos and Glen Dettman
Vitamin C and the Common Cold - Linus Pauling 1970
1970- Vitamin C and the Common Cold by Linus Pauling – READ
1966 – An Introduction to Social Medicine – McKeown & Lowe – READ
2nd Ed 1974 – READ, CREDIT
Disease decline graphs before “immunization” introduced – HERE
1974- International Health by Paul Basch (Stanford Uni) – READ

1980 – 1999

1980 – Homoeopathic Science & Modern Medicine – The Physics of Healing with Microdoses – by Harris L. Coulter – ARCHIVE
1981 – Samuel Hahnemann: The Founder of Homoeopathic Medicine – Trevor M Cook – ARCHIVE
1995 – The Private Science of Louis Pasteur by Gerald L. Geison – READ, CREDIT
1994- Vaccines and world health : science, policy, and practice by Faul F. Basch – READ, CREDIT
see INDEX
1986 – How to live longer and feel better by Linus Pauling – READ, READ, A Regimen for better health – READ
1988 – Murder by Injection by Eustace Mullins – READ

2000+

Seeds of Destruction: The Hidden Agenda of Genetic Manipulation (2007) – GMO revolution meets Eugenics, The Rockefeller Plan etc. – READ
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Last updated on 23 February 2025