That's really interesting, George!
Leo Kanner, who coined the term Autism for that condition, said he began to see it in 1938 and published the first paper in 1943.
Does anyone know how early vaccinations were made? Mice? There was intense pressure as far back as the turn of the 20th century, to mass vaccination against widespread and dangerous diseases.
I've always been a fan of vaccination. All of us who work(ed) in international development were. The risk/benefit ratio seemed a no brainer. It may still be but it may be a more complex issue than we thought.
I just don't know anything any more.
Leo Kanner, who coined the term Autism for that condition, said he began to see it in 1938 and published the first paper in 1943.
Does anyone know how early vaccinations were made? Mice? There was intense pressure as far back as the turn of the 20th century, to mass vaccination against widespread and dangerous diseases.
SMALLPOX AND VACCINATION
J. P. LEAKE, M.D.; JOHN N. FORCE, M.D.
J Am Med Assoc. 1923;81(13):1072-1076.
Twenty-five years ago, the surgeon general of the U. S. Marine Hospital Service, in his annual report, said:
Smallpox is a disease so easily prevented by vaccination that the smallpox patient of today is scarcely deserving of sympathy, the improvement in the preparation of pure vaccine lymph having been so great that there is now little cause for fear of untoward results from vaccination. The spread of the disease also is so easily prevented under proper management that it is a disgrace to the sanitary authorities of any state, municipality or locality whenever this disease is permitted to get beyond their control. If the inability to manage the disease is due to a want of funds, then this lack of necessary provision is a disgrace to the state or locality infected.
I've always been a fan of vaccination. All of us who work(ed) in international development were. The risk/benefit ratio seemed a no brainer. It may still be but it may be a more complex issue than we thought.
I just don't know anything any more.