The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 39
Dr. Nittinger, of Stuttgart, writes, in 1872, of Wurtemburg:—
Dr. Nittinger, of Stuttgart, writes, in 1872, of Wurtemburg:—
In five districts scarcely any medical man practised vaccination. Out of the 462 physicians in the country, only 229 vaccinated. We have to lament that since vaccination there has been no year free from small-pox; that small-pox hospitals have been built, and are continually open; that of 100 patients before vaccination, only 5 to 7 died; but since, from 10 to 20 die.—The Anti-Vaccinator, October 1st, 1872.