Smallpox 'virus squads' and mandatory vaccinations upheld by the Supreme Court
Smallpox ‘virus squads’ and the mandatory vaccinations upheld by the Supreme Court Gillian Brockell © National Library of Medicine/National Library of Medicine This illustration depicts a compulsory vaccination drive in New Jersey, circa 1880s. E. Edwin Spencer had no way of knowing he would be making history that day when he knocked on Henning Jacobson’s door in Cambridge, Mass. All he knew was that smallpox was spreading in their city at the dawn of the 20th century...
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