The Golden Age, “Health”
“Avoid serum inoculations and vaccinations, as they pollute the blood stream with their filthy pus.”
A signed contribution by H. W. Newcomb, beginning on page 106 and listed in the issue contents under “Science and Invention”. The Golden Age was a general-interest magazine that carried signed articles by outside contributors alongside its own editorial matter, so this sentence is the contributor’s, not a statement of the organisation’s position. Four lines above it in the same contents list is an item advising readers to avoid aluminium cooking utensils.
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Provenance and verification note for The Golden Age, Health
Confidence note. Scan opened; the sentence is on printed page 107, whose own running head reads "NOVEMBER 13, 1929 - THE GOLDEN AGE - 107". The by-line was confirmed from the article heading on page 106 and the issue contents list.
Scan provenance. Internet Archive item 'golden-age-1929' (OCR text searched).
Notes. Two common miscitations: the sentence is often given as The Golden Age of 1 May 1929 p. 502, which is the wrong issue; and it is usually quoted without "and vaccinations", which is in the printed text. It is also commonly presented as the magazine's own voice when it carries a by-line.
Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-g-1929-1113-vaccination-filthy-pus