An answer to Dr. Moseley, containing a defence of vaccination / By John Ring.

  • John Ring
Date:
1805
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Credit: An answer to Dr. Moseley, containing a defence of vaccination / By John Ring. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    at his house in Somerset Slreet, anc :r,?]vincinir the world, that he was driven to tnir-:, rash expe- dient by the desperate state of his affairs. ' One of the modes in which he attacked vacci- nation was by advertising a pamphlet, that was to contain cases of failure, like those pubhshed by Dr. Squirrel and Dr. Moselcy. But his me- lancholy catastrophe prevented him from writing the book; and left it to be executed by other hands. The fate of this wretched man, who was then universally considered as the leader, and the great champion of the enemies of vaccination, spread a general consternation among his deluded followers ; several of whom ere said to be as- sembled at his house, and celebrating their short- lived triumphs on the very spot, Where he fell fiat, and sham'd his worshippers. During the time this artful man imposed oti the credulity of the public, I received communi- cations from Dr. Jcnncr and Air. Henry Jenner; by which I learned, thai an entire stop vvas al- ready put to vaccination, in the neighbourhood of Bristol ; and that every exertion must be made in order to counteract the base and unprincipled e:iiorts of our opponeiits. On this account, I so- licited a greater nusnricr of signatures to the Tes- timonial, and hastened iiS publication. Dr. Moselcy tells us, thai when the Testimo- nial appeared, he was again prepared for the press; but coasicieralionS far more iveighty than
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