"Is this the same vaccine that had mercury in it?"
You might be thinking of this other fellow.
"His medical achievements were outstanding. In 1530 he angered the city council of Nurnberg by writing the best clinical description of syphilis up to that time, maintaining that it could be successfully treated by carefully measured doses of mercury compounds taken internally. He stated that the "miners' disease" (silicosis) resulted from inhaling metal vapours and was not a punishment for sin ... "