An address, to parents and guardians of children, and others, on variolous and vaccine inoculations / By John Coakley Lettsom.

  • John Coakley Lettsom
Date:
1803
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Credit: An address, to parents and guardians of children, and others, on variolous and vaccine inoculations / By John Coakley Lettsom. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    aid from Government, to promote this difco- very, would enlarge the number of thofe who conftitute the agency and means of trade. Were individuals in power and wealth unit¬ edly to extend the means of Vaccine Inocula¬ tion among the lower clafles of people, its fuc- cefs would foon induce them more univerfally to adopt it as a providential boon. Both high and low have ftill prejudices to overcome. How often do we hear individuals exclaim, that they would not have a beajily difeafe for the world /’* But when they refledl that they drink the milk of the cow, eat cheefe made from milk, and the flefh of this, healthy / animal, thefe prejudices muft undoubtedly fubfide Sometimes they fay, they will trufi to Providence, and not bring on a new difeafeP As to trufting to Providence, it behoves every human being ; but this fhould encourage us to exert our endeavours 'to promote providential defigns. He gives us powers and inclinations to clothe ourfelves, to defend us from the in¬ clemency of the weather. Houfes are built to * Its fiiccefs^ indeed, has been fo obvious, whilft the malignity of the Small-pox has been fo impreffive, that very recently the prejudices againft the Cow-pock have fubfided, and a partiality for Vaccine Inoculation has happily become generally prevalent. protedl
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