Vaccination, as it was, and, as it is : a vital question impartially considered in all its bearings, with practical suggestions / by William Webber.
- Webber, William, 1800-1875.
- Date:
- 1871
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Vaccination, as it was, and, as it is : a vital question impartially considered in all its bearings, with practical suggestions / by William Webber. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![Not that I see why homoeopathic practices should be decried simply hecaxise I, like a vast majority of others, have not been brought up in them, and have therefore no more right to con- demn them than they have to speak disparagingly of Allopaths, as they are not backward in doing, as though they felt weak themselves, and got something strengthening by pointing to their mote-like perception of a similar want of power in their kinsfolk. It is not for interested parties “to judge others lest they be judged.” If the Undertaker were interrogated as to which was the more successful, he might possibly answer, “Why, really, to speak impartially, I should say, which I do very gratefully, ‘Arcades ambo,’ both put pretty large heaps in my path to clear away, so that my man ‘ Sexton ’ has always plenty to do.” Therefore, let us be more liberal; judge justly of each other, without assigning other than an honest motive to both, and not make our differ- ences paramount to a due regard to the interests committed to our trust. It would be much more creditable, and not so opposed to the benefit of both, and undoubtedly far more conducive to the (should be) main princi]ile of our calling. It is very black-looking of the black kettle to call the black boiler “ black Betty,” and vice versa. Let medical men be frank, fearlessly open, weighing opinions with each other earnestly for the benefit of their patients, (they will find they wiU not lose anything by it), and Charlatanry would be found in the cemetery in place of the many dupes sent there by it. Having already gone far beyond the limits to which I had intended to confine myself, I will only further add a few general remarks. First, as to the means of preventing the spread of small-pox by localizing it. I would suggest that a National Hospital in connection with the Vaccine Institution at present existing should be erected in some open, airy, and isolated space, surrounded by a sufficiently remote cordon. The hospital to contain apartments with appliances suited for all classes, none excepted, and to be at least a third of a mile distant from any dwelling. Branch hospitals, similarly constructed and appointed, to be provided in the vicinity of every large town of not less than 7,000 inhabitants. To these institutions every person affected with](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2234956x_0040.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
