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A reply to the anti-vaccinists / [James Carrick Moore].

  • James Moore
Date:
1806
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Credit: A reply to the anti-vaccinists / [James Carrick Moore]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    «“ more power than the Almighty God himself; “‘ unless they be blasphemous enough to suppose « human weakness can oppose the divine ordi- “¢ nance of God, the creator of man and all beings. « | have lately had under my care some of the “worst cases of malignant Small-pox ever seen. “« The mode of treatment by mixtures of bark and “ vitriolic acid; with the comparative view of Cow-pox and Small-pox inoculation was read “ by me before the Honorable Committee of the “ House of Commons, deputed to examine Cow- “ pox inoculation: the paper was delivered to the “ Honorable Committee, and as I understood was © ** to form part of the report, but for what reason * T cannot pretend to say never appeared. This *‘ requires some future explanation, for what I did _ * read and say, is for the most part suppressed; “ and what it was impossible for me to say has _ “been through some error, published, as the ori- . “ ginal paper in my possession fully proves. It ap- “* pears then that extermination is impossible.” This is certainly a most curious piece of ratioci- nation; for instead of employing any argument, the first part of the paragraph is impious to God ; and the last is a libel upon the House of Cormmons. - The impiety is too apparent, as the words imply that even God Almighty cannot prevent the Smafl-
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