Reasons against the inoculation of the small-pox. In a letter to Dr. Jurin. Being a full answer to every thing which Mr. Maitland and others have advanced upon that subject. With a particular account of the late Miss Rolt's case, as attested under the hand of the honourable Mrs. Rolt, her mother ... / [Francis Howgrave].
- Francis Howgrave
- Date:
- 1724
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Reasons against the inoculation of the small-pox. In a letter to Dr. Jurin. Being a full answer to every thing which Mr. Maitland and others have advanced upon that subject. With a particular account of the late Miss Rolt's case, as attested under the hand of the honourable Mrs. Rolt, her mother ... / [Francis Howgrave]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![this fliall ever be a Reafon with me3 not to come into this Practice ; and to fufped, that it is not fo happy in its Effefts as they are pleas’d to reprefent it to us. Becaufe the very Perfons whom they had once engag’d to be Favourers of their Notions, now run counter to their former Thoughts ; and behold, with the greateft Sorrow, the miferable EfFe&s of an Opinion fo creduloufiy embrac’d. And I dare appeal for the Truth of this to Mr. Brook s- bank and his Wife, whether or no they have not rejovc’d, that the Inoculation had no Effect upon their Son, fince he fo perfectly recover¬ ed of them received in the Natural JVay ; and whether they have not frequently wifli’d their Daughter had waited the Time of Providence, fince fhe died of them by Inocu¬ lation<, I will now take Notice of the Four Re¬ marks Mr. Maitland has made upon Inocula¬ tion, from which lie would infer, that it is much fafer and gentler than the Natural Way. Fir]}, Page 6- We may be ajjur'd, if the Ino¬ culation tabes Place, of the Time when weJJjall have the Small-Pox ; in this, I think he is en¬ tirely right, where is the Diaphoinus Man that will difpute againft Demonftration, for if the Inoculation brings on the S?na-Pox> it muff be allow’d we know when we lhaJ! h ve them. Secondly* That we have not //■ '•Fetiion by the infenjible Particles, twitch* r - ;• rs, Dr. coi tcgiojx;; or which Wagftaffe owns to be the *•](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30383699_0040.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
