Dr. J. W. Hodge,
Niagara Falls, N. Y.
Dear Doctor:
In response to your inquiry of the 22nd inst., we beg to state
that Vaccine Virus or its active principle is a subject about
which very little is definitely known. We are only able to
arrive at the results obtained from certain conditions.
It was thought by Dr. ----, the founder of our establishment,
that he had discovered a case of spontaneous cowpox, and we
have been using as one of our strains of seed virus, this
source for nearly twenty years. It later developed, however,
that the case referred to evidently was inoculated by a tramp
having smallpox and who slept in the stable....
We regret our inability to give you more definite information
on the subject, but trust the above may be of some value to you.
Very truly yours,
Dr. ---- & Co.
By ----------- .,
Manager.
This letter surely speaks for itself, with shocking force, as to the
vile known and unknown nature of vaccine virus, and needs no further
comment here.
Biological Department,