Life, 1916-07-06 · page 34 of 42
Life — July 6, 1916 — page 34: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising** for consumer products (shoe soles, dessert, travel), interspersed with brief editorial content. The notable non-advertising section is "This Is Legal (?) Medicine," a critique of forced vaccination during what appears to be a smallpox outbreak in West Hammond, Illinois. The piece attacks public health authorities for compelling vaccination, sardonically noting that children died from complications (lockjaw/tetanus) and that the subsequent official "investigation" will inevitably exonerate doctors with a "whitewash." The satire questions whether coercive vaccination constitutes legitimate medicine, and criticizes how citizens foot the bill while authorities escape accountability. The editorial tone is deeply skeptical of government medical authority—a perspective not uncommon in early 20th-century American publications skeptical of state power.
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