William Pitt the younger stands in the House of Commons facing the opposition benches, who are in corked and labelled bottles, as he uncorks a bottle containing the bloated and scowling face of Sheridan. Etching by J. Gillray.

Sir Matthew John Tierney, Bart., M.D. / [William Munk].

Observations on variola vaccina, or cow-pock / by Sir Matthew John Tierney ... ; including a statement of the formation of the first county vaccine institution established in Sussex in 1804.

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Observations on variola vaccina, or cow-pock / by Sir Matthew John Tierney ... ; including a statement of the formation of the first county vaccine institution established in Sussex in 1804.