A translation of Anstey's Ode to Jenner: to which are added, two tables; one shewing the advantages of vaccine inoculation, the other containing instructions for the practice / By John Ring.

  • Christopher Anstey
Date:
1804
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A translation of Anstey's Ode to Jenner: to which are added, two tables; one shewing the advantages of vaccine inoculation, the other containing instructions for the practice / By John Ring. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    if) For lo! Machaon is thy frequent guest, Pleas’d with thy converse, with thy friendship blest : The poor, the rich, consult without a fee The sacred oracle of health in thee. The mother sues thee, fill’d with just alarms, To shield her boy, and to protect his charms ;. The virgin sues, lest blemishes invade Her lovely cheeks, and all her beauties fade. The Gaul himself, though enyious of our name, — Adores thy art, and celebrates thy fame ; The grateful nations one loud pzan raise, And all the wond’ring world resounds thy praise. But what, alas! avails the blooming boy, His father’s pride, his mother’s only joy,—
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