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:
- 1805
Licence: Public Domain Mark
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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![: *n ] Dr. Pearfon is not alone committed on the fa&of Mr. Naifh’s having been an experienced Vaccine I no- culator before the Houfe of Commons, but in the Appendix, p. 183, to his- “ Examination of the Re- port of the Committee, &c.” he again records his opinion, viz. “ it was not fuppofcd I could make fuch an affertion without plauftble proof. If I had not had. fuch proof \ I certainly Ihould not have made the af- fertion, and a part of that proof may be found at pages 24, 27, of this work.” The emotion which I feel on the whole of this, is an arrett of indigna- tion and an irrefiftible propenfity to finile. In a note to p. 1 21 of his “ Examination,” Dr. P. peculiarly points at me as “ one of the partizans of perfonal interefts,” and of “ the perfons who have had little experience, and without pretenfions from a fludious life.” Of all men exifting, if we judge him by his fruits, Dr. P. is leaft entitled to triumph in the be- nefits of experience, or to impute to others the con- fequences of its deficiency. From a few cafes Dr. Jenner defined the appearances and diagnoftics of the Vaccina, with a correfrnefs which fucceeding expe- rience has continued, but has not enlarged. From hundreds of cafes Dr. P. drew grofsly erroneous conciufions. From Mr. Nailh’s manufcripts Dr. P. formed inferences, which irrefragable evidence proves to be falfe. Of the meaning of thefe fame manufcripts I, who have been contcmptuoufly accufed by Dr. P. of incompetency to decide, have formed a right con-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28741845_0022.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
