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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    *\ short of insanity, while the raging fury continue! When infatuation, intemperate zeal, or wild en- thusiasm seize the human mind ; clear concep- tions, true reasoning, and solid judgment, vanish. •• PARENT.—So I plainly perceive. I heartily wish, Dr. Bragwell, you would bring your evidence against the Cow-pox to a speedy conclusion. What are the ravings of madmen to me ? J want rather to hear the words of soberness and truth. DOCTOR.— My own history of medicine shews. <{ much of sects, sectarists, false systems, &c. with the raving-mad conceits of every age ; and advises the admission of nothing but positive truth. (i We ,have seen the world, and some of the faculty, quicksilver-mad—Viper-broth mad—Tincture of Cantharides mad — Tar-water mad — Stevens's stone-powder mad—Calve's pluck-water mad— *i Digitalis mad—Arsenic mad—Sugar, of lead mad —Magnetism mad—Caustic bougies mad—Me- phitic-water mad—Electricity and galvanism mad— Hemlock mad—Salt-water mad—Portland powder *s mad—Acid and alcali mad—Alchemistic mad— Transmutatio metallorum into gold mud-—Gas and vital air mad—Poison mad—Nitric acid mad-— Phosphorus mad—Vegetable diet mad—Le fevre- ** gout mad—Henbane or night-shade mad—Me- tallic tractor mad—Iced-water mad—Jalap and calomel mad—Buzaglo mad—Bleeding and butter- milk, mad—COW-POX mad.