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 some insight to the time.
Bookmarking is not always helpful, I I am placing these documents here for my ease of recall and location and for your exploration.
A great resource to search the American newspaper archives to find out what was said back when!
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
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
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
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
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)
1900-1917
The American College: A Criticism by Abraham Flexner (1908)- READ A prelude to The Flexner Report – TIMELINE
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
1918-1919
A Report of an Epidemic of Influenza in Chicago – by Deptment of Health (1918) – READ
Treatment of Influenza (by Homeopathic means includes CFR of 0.39%) (1919) – READ
Report of the Surgeon General US Army 1919 vol 1 – READ
Report of the Surgeon General US Army 1919 vol 2 – READ
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
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
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
2000+
Seeds of Destruction: The Hidden Agenda of Genetic Manipulation (2007) – GMO revolution meets Eugenics, The Rockefeller Plan etc. – READ
