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Arch Derm Syphilol. 1927;16(2):199.

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GENERAL

Statement on Vaccination by the Surgeon Generals.—

The circulation of false statements to the effect that vaccination against smallpox may cause syphilis has led to the issuing of a statement that syphilization as a result of vaccination does not occur. The statement is signed by Surg. Gen. Merritte W. Ireland, U. S. Army; Surg. Gen. Edward R. Stitt, U. S. Navy, and Surg. Gen. Hugh S. Cumming, U. S. Public Health Service. Since 1917, the U. S. Army has vaccinated about 4,700,000 of its personnel and the U. S. Navy about 950,000 members of its personnel; of this total of 5,650,000 persons, not one ever developed syphilis as a result of vaccination, and in not one of them was there ever any suspicion of syphilis in connection with vaccination. During this same period, the U. S. Public Health Service vaccinated 2,918,748 persons in connection with its quarantine, immigration and . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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