dy of a diseased beast, and
inserted by the vaccinator into the circulation of healthy children.
The performance of such an insanitary operation, in the very nature of
the case, is a violation of the cardinal principles of hygiene and of
sanitary science.... Moreover, this operation is in direct
controversion of the basic principles of aseptic surgery, the
legitimate aim of which is to _remove_ from the organism the products
of disease, but never to _introduce_ them.

The prime aim of the modern surgeon is to make every wound aseptic and
to keep it so. The careful operator employs every means at his command
to clear the field of operations of all bacteria. He utilises every
particle of the marvellously minute and intricate technique of asepsis
to prevent the entrance through the wounded tissues of any disease
elements before, during or after the operation. He fears sepsis
equally with death, and yet, under the blighting and blinding
influence of an ancient and venerated myth inherited from his ignorant
and superstitious forbears of a pre-scientific age, he will
deliberately inoculate the virulent infective products of diseased
animal tissues into the circulation of a healthy person. And as if to
cap the climax of his stupidity and inconsistency, he performs the
operation under "aseptic precautions."

The poisonous matter which nature wisely eliminates from the body of a
diseased calf in an effort to save its life and restore it to health
is seized upon by the vaccinator and implanted into the wholesome body
of a helpless child. Think of the unparalleled absurdity of purposely
infecting the body of a healthy person in this era of sanitary science
with the poison from a diseased beast, under the senseless pretext of
protecting the victim of the ingrafted disease from the contagion of
another disease! Can inconsistency go further?

I oppose the practice of vaccination because it is not known what
vaccine virus is, except that it is a mixed contagion of disease. We
hear much these days about "pure" virus and "pure calf lymph." Nothing
could be more absurd and meaningless than the flippant talk indulged
in by vaccinators and the purveyors of vaccine virus about "pure calf
lymph," a hybrid product of diseased animal tissues. "Pure virus"
translated into plain English is pure "animal poison." The phrase
"pure calf lymph" is applied to an brand of vaccine virus now in use
is a misnomer for two reasons. It is not "pure" and i