A caution against vaccine swindlers, and imposters / by John Ring.
- John Ring
- Date:
- 1816
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A caution against vaccine swindlers, and imposters / by John Ring. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.
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![He thinks Dr. Jenner and me, and the Medical Council of the Royal Jennerian Society, who sanc- tioned our opinions, too cautious; and we think him too bold. We think him, indeed, extremely rash; I am credibly informed that, in spite of all the warn- ings which have been given to him, and all the tragic scenes, and melancholy catastrophes which he has witnessed, he still continues to demolish and remove the pock, when he takes matter ; and to take matter in such an unmerciful manner, that mo- thers are terrified, and medical practitioners are shocked at the sight. Many mothers, who bring their children to me to be vaccinated, were deterred from submitting their offspring to his cruel and unsparing hand a second time; and speak of his name with horror. How different was the opinion^ and how dif- ferent the practice, of that learned, sensible, and ingenious physieian, the late Dr. Cappe, who in- troduced the practice of vaccination at York ? Six- teen years have elapsed since he strenuously incul- cated the necessity of caution in taking matter; but inculcated it in vain, as far as regards Dr. Walker and his followers ; who refuse to walk in the light of reason, and prefer “ the dark lantern of the Spirit* Which none see by, but those who bear it.” In the first volume of my Treatise on the Cow- pox, published in ISO], are these observations. “ The directions given by Dr. Cappe for taking mat-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21301050_0118.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
