Source recordPrimary JW publicationverified1960sBlood doctrine

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The Watchtower, “Questions From Readers”

1 November 1961pp. 669-672Source ID src-w-1961-1101-qfr-fractionsAccessed 19 September 2026
Primary JW publication Verified

The Watchtower, “Questions From Readers”

1 November 1961 · pp.669-672 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society

“the taking of a blood transfusion, or, in lieu of that, the infusing of some blood fraction to sustain one's life is wrong.”

On serums and vaccines: vaccination is 'not in actuality a feeding or nourishing process' but 'a contamination of the human system'; quotes 15 Sep 1958 p. 575 that acceptance is 'a matter of individual judgment' while urging Christians to stay as far from it as they can.

Provenance and verification note for The Watchtower, Questions From Readers

Confidence note. Opened on WOL; page range as displayed by WOL for the QFR document.

Corroborated by. src-w-1958-0915-qfr-serums

Accessed. 19 September 2026 · Source ID. src-w-1961-1101-qfr-fractions