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Anti-Vaccination Society of America

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Anti-Vaccination Society of America advertisement from 1902

Anti-Vaccination Society of America opposed compulsory smallpox vaccination from the final decades of the 19th century through the 1910s.[1] It was founded in 1879 after a visit to the United States by William Tebb.[2] It published a periodical called Vaccination.[3]

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  1. ^ Karie Youngdahl (March 8, 2012). "The Anti-Vaccination Society of America". College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Archived from the original on 2015-03-02. Retrieved 2015-02-11.
  2. ^ "History of Anti-vaccination Movements". College of Physicians of Philadelphia. March 8, 2012. Retrieved 2015-02-11.
  3. ^ "The Anti-Vaccination Society of America: Correspondence | History of Vaccines". Archived from the original on 2019-01-23. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Biographical Memoir of William Tebb". The Homeopathic Physician. 1899. p. 407.
  5. ^ "Porter F. Cope, 81, Author And Editor". The New York Times. December 21, 1950. Retrieved 2015-02-11.