Observations on Dr. Pearson's Examination of the Report of the Vaccine Pock Committee of the House of Commons, concerning Dr. Jenner's claim for remuneration / [Thomas Creaser].

  • Creaser, Thomas.
Date:
1803
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Credit: Observations on Dr. Pearson's Examination of the Report of the Vaccine Pock Committee of the House of Commons, concerning Dr. Jenner's claim for remuneration / [Thomas Creaser]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    E 23 ] the moft fortunate difpenfation cf human talent, to fey, that he anticipated all fucceediug capacity. I confider myfelf to have proved, that Dr. Jenner’s communications were ample, original, and efficient. That the fil'd cultivation of this neglected foil, and its increaled fertility, have been equally the refult of his perfevering talents; and that his sol-dhant fup- porters, fo far from contributing an iota of value, did, at one period, abfolutely retard the fuccefsful march of his opinions. In confirmation of this, I have quoted Dr. P.’s acknowledgements. The ad- ditions which Dr. P. made to Dr. J.’s fund of infor- mation, fiiould have been of the highefl import, to have condituted even a balance to the drawbacks he lias created. And what are tbefe alTerted contri- butions? In Dr. P.’s datement, they are the more accurate delineation of the characters of the Vac- cine and Variolous pudules; the refutation of cer- tain opinions, concerning the.fufeeptibility of Vac- cina after Small-Pox; and the effective diflemination of Vaccine Inoculation. Of the two latter claims I ffiall hereafter fpeak. The fil'd is connected with my difeuffion of the pofi- tion of Dr. P.’s, which conditutes the prefent divifion of the fubjeCt. I lhall be found here widely difien- ting from Dr. P.’s edimate of his auxiliary aid. He aliens to have, given a nicer defeription of the cha- racters of the Vaccine and Variolous Pudules. Let it be remembered, that it is not the abdraCt value