Volume 1

Observations on the utility of inoculating for the variolae vaccinae, or cow-pox / [Edward Gardner].

  • Gardner, Edward, 1756-1823.
Date:
1801
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Observations on the utility of inoculating for the variolae vaccinae, or cow-pox / [Edward Gardner]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    animaleconomy. Yetit must be owned, that from facts lately brought forward by medical observers, Sir Christopher Pegge, professor of anatomy in the University of Oxford, and others, of high reputation, the opinion of Dr. Jenner has gained as great weight. o The concluding part of the doctor’s treatise consists of opinions on the nature of small-pox; a recapitulation of disagreeable consequences which often proceed from it, and a detail of the | advantages which would probable arise from the substitution of Cow-pox. The following para- graph closes the book: ‘‘ Thus far have I pro- ceeded in an inquiry founded on the basis of | experiment, in which conjecture has been occa- sionally admitted, in order to present to persons well situated for such discussions, objects for a -more minute investigation. In the mean time, I shall myself continue to prosecute the inquiry, encouraged by the hope of its becoming essen- tially beneficial to mankind.” We have now taken a short view of Dr. Jenner’s treatise ; and cannot wonder, that such a singular discovery, a discovery which promised such great
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