An address to parents, on the subject of inoculation for the small-pox / By William Turner, jun.

  • William Turner
Date:
1792
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Credit: An address to parents, on the subject of inoculation for the small-pox / By William Turner, jun. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A PRAYER which may ue ufed while Children are under INOCULATION.’ OG0D, who fetteft the folitary in fa¬ milies, and budded up the families of thy fervants, we dedre, at all times, to be very thankful, for the advantages which ariie from our domeftic connections with each other; and more efpecially for the comforts which we_ enjoy as parents, and for the benefits which we are encouraged to hope for hereafter, from the dutiful attention and fup- port of our children. We look forward with anxiety to the approach of thofe diftempers, which, in the courfe of thy providence, thou permitted to befal them ; and we humbly trull, tuat thou wilt not be difpleafed, if we avail ourfelves of the means which thy wifdom hath appointed, for lefiening the danger; but that than, who encouraged our honed endeavours to^feed and clothe and teach our offspring, wilt alfo gracioufiy accept and fucceed eve^r wei meant attempt, to fecure their lives and health. With humble fubmifiion, we, therefore, ap¬ proach thy throng, befeeching thee to blefs us in our prefent undertaking, and to make k effedtual to the fafety of our (child), and our ©wn future comfort and fatisfa&ion Do thou, in whole hand are the iffues of from death* prote&
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