TY - JOUR T1 - COnscientious objector. Y1 - 1899/04/29 N1 - 10.1001/jama.1899.02450440044016 JO - Journal of the American Medical Association SP - 946 EP - 947 VL - XXXII IS - 17 N2 - It is interesting to note, in connection with the outbreak of smallpox in Kentucky, a letter which has recently been addressed to the officers at Horse Cave, that State, where compulsory vaccination has been ordered. The letter is from a traveling man, who threatens to shoot any one who attempts to vaccinate his children, and in part reads: "With all due respect to the physicians of Hart County and the medical profession of the State of Kentucky, allow me to give you this warning. My children are my children, and there is no higher power over them than the God in heaven who is above us all. It is not in my heart to hurt or harm any man, but I make a frank statement that if I am living I will shoot the man who vaccinates or attempts to vaccinate one of my children.... I absolutely, truthfully and intelligently SN - 0002-9955 M3 - doi: 10.1001/jama.1899.02450440044016 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1899.02450440044016 ER -