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1867

Joseph Jones’ Researches upon “Spurious Vaccination”; or the Abnormal Phenomena Accompanying and Following Vaccination in the Confederate Army, during the Recent American Civil War, 1861-1865, identifying scurvy, malnutrition, and syphilis as main factors “that prevented vaccinations from working effectively and that often led to other medical problems and even death” (Downs, 166).