The vaccine contest, or, Mild humanity, reason, religion, and truth, against fierce, unfeeling ferocity, overbearing insolence, mortified pride, false faith, and desperation : being an exact outline of the arguments and interesting facts, adduced by the principal combatants on both sides, respecting cow-pox inoculation; including a late official report on this subject by the Medical Council of the Royal Jennerian Society / by William Blair.

  • Blair, William, 1766-1822.
Date:
1806
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Credit: The vaccine contest, or, Mild humanity, reason, religion, and truth, against fierce, unfeeling ferocity, overbearing insolence, mortified pride, false faith, and desperation : being an exact outline of the arguments and interesting facts, adduced by the principal combatants on both sides, respecting cow-pox inoculation; including a late official report on this subject by the Medical Council of the Royal Jennerian Society / by William Blair. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    cc nour cannot be paid to 3o liberal and learned a pro- tc fessioh. PARENT.—Excellent sentiments ! I admire' this liberality and politeness, worthy Doctor. DOCTOR.— Truth is the object of my inquiry; and to sacred Truth alone should contending par- ties make their appeal, and submissively abide by her decision. It has been my uniform conduct, through life, to detect fallacy, and to enforce evi- dent truths. When a boy, in 1757, 1 never suf- *' fered any hypothesis, or system, or idle specula- <c tion, to enter my mind ; and all my writings and tf lectures tend to these important purposes, how- ever they may have offended those who hate truth. It is lamentable to see a concourse of sagacious u Vaccinators sitting in partial judgment; raising questions, perplexities, and doubts^ and making * inquiries into abstruse hidden points; and at the same time, daringly controverting and evading the most decided and evident truths militating against vaccination. What has truth and demonstration fe to fear ? Nothing. If vaccination be not trem- blingly afraid of truth ; if it stood on the firm basis of truth; it would not cavil, controvert, nor wax tc warm: PARENT. Pray, learned Sir, how would you main- tain the truth, against opposers, without contro- verting what they might advance ? Butj I should gladly hear from you what are the most decided and evident truths you speak of, militating c2