A comparative statement of facts and observations relative to the cow-pox / published by Doctors Jenner and Woodville. [Anon].

  • Paytherus, Thomas
Date:
1800
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Credit: A comparative statement of facts and observations relative to the cow-pox / published by Doctors Jenner and Woodville. [Anon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ 33 ] “ gentlemen, both in London and in the Country; and I do ** not know of one injiance in which it has not fully anfwered “ the utmojl expectation of the Inoculator.** “ What/’ fays Mr. Ring, “ was my furprife at reading this “ paragraph, when not only the Medical and Mifcellaneous “ Journals and Magazines, but the weekly and daily prints “ have noticed the circumftance of coniiderable puftulary erup- <e tions, produced by matter obtained from the Small-pox Hof- “ pital ! When the pamphlets written on the Cow-pox allude “ to that circumstance ! and when it has long been a common <c topic of converfation, both in private companies, ancl at all “ the Medical Societies in London!” It might appear invidious, or we Should conclude by retorting the queftion—Was the Virus ufed in thefe cafes pure and uncon- taminated ? THE