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
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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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    [44-1 dice, but all others in Medicine, and many other charitable Aftions, muft be given up. The reft of the Argument of this Paragraph,, is groundjcd upon the Infufficicncy of this Method for the Purpofe intended. The Do¬ ctor might have remember’d,, from his Exr pofition of his Text, Jabhzdxht Sm^ll^i)X by Inoculation from the Devil, even of a fa¬ vourable Sort i that he recover’d of them, and never had them again. But in this he muft forgive me, if I put him in Mind, that he is out of his Sphere 5 and that notwithftanding his Profellions to the contrary, he lays afide the Divine, and takes upon him the Phyfi- cian. The Queftion here is. Whether giving a Difeafe with a good Intention, be in it felf an unlawful Adion. Page 20.] Another Argument is. That a La/w which forbids the Evily forbids alfo e- 'Very thing that has a Tendency to it s therefore^ all caufelefs andvoluntary Mutilations are for¬ bid: And y ct,notwithftanding this Law againft Mutilation, more exprefs than any againft E ^ noculatiouy Surgeons ait off Peoples Limbs. Here the Intention hallows the Adion,whiGh is in itfclf exprefly forbid j and which is more, 1 believe no Surgeon will affirm, that in all Cafes, where Limbs are cut off, there is a direft Impollibility to fave the Patient’s Life otherVife j or that the Operation .is always fuccefsfuL A Surgeon who cuts a Perfon for the Stone, even if his Patient dies of the O- peratioUi^