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Credit: Observations on the cow-pock / by John Coakley Lettsom... Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![( *4 OBSERVATIONS ON ' ’ ’ l •>’ I by this contagion *! And fhall they not excite one pang of remorfe to furviving guardians; on reflecting, that with as much fecurity as tliey pafs through the chambers of their houfes, might thefe infants have efcaped the valley of the fhadow of death ! I do not hefitate to declare, that I never enter the habitations of the rich or the poor (for each may be equally ufcful in their refpective allotments) without feeling an ardent defire for the fecu ity of their infantile denizens, againft this mod deftrudtive difeafe. i Mothers! Your infants cannot reafon for fhemfelves, but they call upon your protection, by every tender and winning gefture. How have you been delighted, when their playful hands inftindtively prefs your bofoms, to foli- cit the flow of that nutritive fluid that perco- lates from your heart’s blood, and adds to theirs! When they look up to you with fmil- ing innocence, how ardently you prefs their * About 8,000 children annually die in London under four years of age 3 chiefly occafioned by the final]-pox ! lips](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21947090_0024.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
