A translation of Anstey's ode to Jenner: to which is added, a Compendium of vaccination, consisting of two tables : one shewing the advantages of vaccine inoculation, the other containing instructions for the practice / by John Ring.

  • Anstey, Christopher, 1724-1805.
Date:
1804
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A translation of Anstey's ode to Jenner: to which is added, a Compendium of vaccination, consisting of two tables : one shewing the advantages of vaccine inoculation, the other containing instructions for the practice / by John Ring. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    The lovely virgin, or the well-earn'd fame, And all the glories of the British name,— If Heav'n has doom'd the downfal of the state, And thy protection but retards our fate ? If France pursues her infamous career, To spread the pest of her dominion here; And if the blood of innocence must flow, To grace the triumphs of a Gallic foe ? And now, assembling his unnumber'd host, He threatens vengeance to the British coast; Launches his navy, deck'd in all the pride And pomp of war, and ploughs the foaming tide. How vain the frantic enterprise ! how vain His hope to seize the Sceptre of the Main !