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Since my last few chapters were not happy for most, I will continue with very controversial topics. Why? Because too many are just rolling over and accepting the narrative without question. So, with that being said, I am going to write about, oh wait for it, that dreaded topic…vaccines! Oooh, me oh my, what will people think? Oh, wait, that’s the point, ”to think”.
VACCINES.
Well, where to begin. Ah, yes, the way back history machine of how they all began. Did it all begin with Edward Jenner (1749-1823) in 1796? He was an English scientist and physician after all. But was he even a real scientist?
Jenner was an active Freemason (serving in 1812 as master of the Royal Lodges of Faith and Friendship, NO 270) and Philosopher. Originally trained as a surgeon, Jenner’s interest in natural science led him to study under prominent figures, including the renowned surgeon John Hunter.
At age 13, he became an apprentice to Daniel Ludlow, a competent surgeon trained in London. Jenner studied books on anatomy, helped with simple operations, and participated in dissecting animals to improve his knowledge of anatomy.
At 18, Jenner had acquired enough skills to help him assist Ludlow in more complicated surgeries and to attend to and treat patients by himself.
In 1770, he went to London to study with the most prominent surgeon, John Hunter. Jenner studied anatomy and surgery with Hunter at St George’s Hospital for 2 years and helped him with dissection.
In 1771, he was asked to accompany Captain James Cook as a naturalist but declined the offer and returned to Gloucestershire in 1772, where he assumed the duties of a country doctor instead.
While still practising with his medical interests, Jenner continued his observations of nature by contributing to the natural science literature.
In 1785, Jenner observed that his old friend and teacher, John Hunter, exhibited all the symptoms of progressive angina (angina was considered incurable at that time). In 1793, Hunter passed away from ossification of the coronary arteries of the heart. Soon after his friend’s death, Jenner returned to Gloucestershire and began his medical career.
During his time as a medical practitioner, Jenner began the observations and experimentations that would lead to the discovery, some twenty-five years later, of the principle of vaccination.
However, the principle of inoculation goes further back to ancient times in India and China. They would introduce matter from the pustules of a person with an active case of smallpox into the skin of a person to be immunized from the disease. Then the person who was inoculated would usually contract a milder case of smallpox. At least that was the theory behind a vaccine. However, the inoculation, often performed on children, resulted in death.
Knowing this, Jenner moved forward with practising vaccination on his child many times over, resulting in the child being ill for life. He then inoculated eight-year-old James Phipps on May 14, 1796, with cowpox serum using material obtained from a pustule on the hand of a milkmaid who had contracted cowpox, without success.
Contrary to this horrific practice, they knew how to cure smallpox in the 17th century. The famous Dr. Thomas Sydenham, of England(1624-89), developed a new treatment that reduced the death rate from about 50 percent to 1 percent or 2 percent.
According to Abram Hoffer, MD, PhD, “I don’t think there’s been any major shift in the medical profession’s general approach to new ideas. I don’t think there ever will be that kind of wholesale change. Three hundred years ago, when the major disease was smallpox, Sir Thomas Sydenham developed a new treatment that reduced the death rate from about 50 percent to 1 percent or 2 percent. His reward? He was being challenged to a duel. The English Medical Association wanted to drive him out. He wrote: “A new idea is like a sapling in the middle of a road, and if it’s not fenced in, it will be galloped over by the trampling hordes.” That’s a really great statement, and it’s also my view of what happens to medical discovery.”
At this point, I will stop, as this has been a lot to absorb. Meaning, it takes quite a bit of thought to undo what has been viewed as a ”life-saving preventive” for a great many years.
However, there will be many more chapters to come, as this is one vast topic that goes way back. So, reader, get ready to think for yourself.
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