Mr. Maitland's account of inoculating the small pox ... : To which is added, a postscript confirming the success of this practice, from Mr. Massey the apothecary's pamphlet on the subject. And a word to the Reverend Mr. Massey on his vindication of his sermon.

Charles Maitland

Date:: 1723

Credit: Mr. Maitland's account of inoculating the small pox ... : To which is added, a postscript confirming the success of this practice, from Mr. Massey the apothecary's pamphlet on the subject. And a word to the Reverend Mr. Massey on his vindication of his sermon. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$[3^] vcdive, agaiiift the Clergy and.others, for meddling in this Branch of the PhyficiaM Praftice: Upon which Encroachment, fomc of the Faculty invoke the Vengeance of the Civil Magiftratej and threaten the Offen¬ ders, as Voifoners and Spreaders oflnfeBion^ with Prifons and Gibbet's: And if the Laws in being are fomewhat deficient,. modeftly call, as fome others have done, upon the Le- giflature for new Ones. This general Confi- deration is fufficient to invalidate the Credit of any Thing that is faid by aPerfon foftrong- ly interefted : But fo great is the Force of Truth, that it has extorted enough from this partial Complainant to juftify the Praftice, which he fo bitterly inveighs againft. For firfl: he owns, that the whole Praftice of Ino¬ culation was manag'd by unskillful Perfons 5 and that many who dy*d or fujfef d much un¬ der Inoculation, if they had had better Ma¬ nagement y might have had better Fate. That the Praditioners negleded as trivial both the Advantages of a fuitable Seafony and a well- prepared Body j That they Inoculated all ges and Confiitutions from the Beginning; That they Inoculated Women withChildy and; HyftericalFeople: And after all. They pra- | 6iisd it at fir ft with indifferent good Succefsy \ That it had beenpraBildy fince the Middle ! ^ June to the^ T)ate of his Lottery Pec. 20; upon above two hundred Subjebis with vari-- i; ous Succcefs, He tells you in. his feeond Let-$