The life of Edward Jenner : naturalist, and discoverer of vaccination / by F. Dawtrey Drewitt.

  • Frederic George Dawtrey Drewitt
Date:
1933
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Credit: The life of Edward Jenner : naturalist, and discoverer of vaccination / by F. Dawtrey Drewitt. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    to him with that eye of confidence and hope that might safely be placed in him. For it is by appearances, my dear friend, not from a real knowledge of things, that the world forms a judgment. A look of significance, a peculiar habit, and a very scanty acquaintance with the human machine, will make a man pass current for a great physician. This you and I know to be an unfor¬ tunate fact. . . . ‘ Pray send me a catalogue of your books, that I may know what medical works may at any time be useful to you . . . Your ever Faithful and Affectionate friend, Edward Jenner. ‘ To the Rev. John Clinch, N e wfoundland.5 So Jenner lost the services of his helpful nephew. Although life at Berkeley was so peaceful, England, during the greater part of Jenner’s life¬ time, was in the turmoil of war. Clinch wrote : ‘Newfoundland, Dec. i, 1796. ‘ You have long ere this received particulars of our late unexpected alarm occasioned by the arrival of Citizen Richery and the powerful squadron under his command ... in September last; and as I would not wish to hurt your feelings I shall decline giving you an account of our distressed condition during the time they continued to lord it over us. I was twice obliged to move my family and part of my effects. . . . ‘Just before the French made their appearance on this coast, my friend George and myself had agreed to meet