Volume 1

The history and practice of vaccination / By James Moore.

  • James Moore
Date:
1817
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Credit: The history and practice of vaccination / By James Moore. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    eye of genius. Even under such a roof, dull and lively dunces profited little ; while acute and grave students reaped advantages proportioned to their faculties and application: but the solid precepts and ingenious remarks, which were sprinkled in the conversation of Hunter; toge- ther with such an example of unremitting exer- tion, strained to the bent the congenial intellect of Jenner; and this fortunate, early intercourse may have: lar gely contributed to his future renown. “theta . This conclusion is, however, only a presump- tion: for though the pupil frequently mentioned, in conversations with his sagacious master, the - reports concerning the Cow Pox in‘ the dairies of Gloucestershire ; yet as the facts were impro- bable, the accounts vague, and their authorities weak, they were disregarded. | Hunter, however, soon discovered the superior capacity of Jenner, and recommended him to aid Sir Joseph Banks, in forming a scientific arrangement of the curiosities and productions, which he had brought cae UM eeeitae in the South Sea. And when a second | voyage of anus was projected, Jenner was solicited to be one of the literary associates in that enterprise. This was declined, and the project was afterwards abandoned: but the friendship of Hunter and Jenner continued for life; and they occasionally B2
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