t is not "calf
lymph."

Calf lymph is the normal nutrient fluid which circulates in the
lymphatic vessels of the calf. Lymph is described by physiologists as
a "transparent, colourless, nutrient alkaline fluid which circulates
in the lymphatic vessels and thoracic ducts of animal bodies." Lymph
is a physiological product, while the so-called "pure calf lymph" used
by vaccinators is a pathological product, derived from a lesion on a
diseased calf. The difference between calf lymph and so-called "pure
calf lymph" is as great as is the difference between a food and a
poison. The vaccine mixture now most generally used by the medical
profession is known under the name of "glycerinized vaccine lymph,"
but it is not _lymph_ at all. It is made by utilising practically the
entire lesion or pock on the heifer when it is in the vesicular stage.
Such a lesion is broken open and scraped with a Volkmann spoon until
the whole of the tissue is forcibly and roughly curetted away,
consisting of pus, morbid serum, epithelium, fibrous tissue of the
skin, and any foreign matter on or in it, constituting what is called
"pulp." This pulp is then passed between glass rollers for trituration
and afterwards mixed with a definite amount of glycerine and distilled
water. This complex pathologic product of unknown origin is injected
into the wholesome bodies of helpless children under the false but
plausible name of "pure calf lymph." ...

I oppose the practice of vaccination because under whatever pretext
performed the implantation of disease elements into the healthy human
organism is irrational and injurious. It is subversive of the
fundamental principles of sanitary science, while the attainment of
health as a prophylactic measure is rational and in harmony with the
ascertained laws of hygiene and consistent with the canons of
common-sense. I am firmly convinced that the absurd and unreasonable
dogma which assumes to conserve health by propagating disease should
receive the open condemnation of every scientific sanitarian. That
this health-blighting delusion conceived in the ignorance of a past
generation should find lodgment in the minds of intelligent people
enjoying the light of the world's highest civilisation is to my mind
inexplicable....

Sanitation and isolation of the infected offer the only rational and
effective antidote for these disorders. Away, then, with the
abominable and filthy subterfuge! Give us health instead of disease