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by Chas. M. (Charles Michael) Higgins
In this impassioned early‑20th‑century tract, the author presents a bold petition to the President demanding an end to compulsory vaccination in the armed services. Drawing on constitutional language and a series of contemporary medical voices, the work frames forced inoculation as an infringement of unalienable personal rights and a public‑health danger. The opening pages lay out a series of striking quotations from physicians and scholars who question the safety and ethics of mandated shots.
The author then issues a public challenge to New York’s health officials, promising to expose records that allegedly show more deaths from vaccination than from the diseases they aim to prevent. By intertwining legal arguments with statistical claims, the pamphlet seeks to rally readers around the cause of medical freedom. Its vivid language and historical references offer a window into the fervent debate over individual liberty and state power that animated the era.
Full title
Horrors of vaccination exposed and illustrated $b Petition to the President to abolish compulsory vaccination in Army and Navy
Language
en
Duration
~7 hours (407K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Original publisher
United States: Chas. M. Higgins, 1920.
Credits
MFR, Krista Zaleski and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Release date
2023-02-06
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects

1854–1929
An Irish-born Brooklyn ink maker, pamphleteer, and civic booster, he turned a homegrown ink business into the well-known Higgins brand. His writing ranged from local history and public causes to fiercely argued polemics, making him a vivid figure in early 20th-century Brooklyn life.
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