The history and practice of vaccination / By James Moore.

  • Moore, James Carrick, 1763-1834.
Date:
1817
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    <f t]iem ; and now I am tormented by their importunities more than ever. Dr. Rowley, a veteran in practice, and a vo- luminous author, followed Moseley in a similar strain. As the early productions of this physi- cian were filled with surprising cures of many dreadful diseases, especially cancers ; they had procured him considerable employment, but very little respect. In conversation he was vo- luble ; and when he talked on medicine to per- sons ignorant of the subject, he was even plau- sible. This will be evinced by an incident rela- ted to me by a gentleman of veracity, who, du- ring a fit of the gout, was Rowley's patient. One day, when prescribing for him, Edmund Burke happened to call, and entered immediately into the medical discussion of the case. Rowley expatiated speciously on the hereditary disposi- tion, the predisposing causes, the prophylactic symptoms, and concluded with his method of curing the gout, which, in the present case, he had no doubt would be successful. To whatever objections were raised, he had always prompt replies, which made such an impression, that, when he retired, Burke observed to his friend, You have a very sensible physician; I have n't met with a more judicious man for a long time. Burke's genius is incontestable : but his judgment on medical topics differed widely from that of the faculty: for, when Row- 4