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.

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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    who is « ACTING IN DIRECT VIOLATION OF TRUTH. Recollect, Sir, what you and I have before remarked, concerning the sacred and invio- lable obligations of TRUTH; for, if it should here- after appear that YOU have perverted the trullt whatever be your motive, rest assured that you can never, never wipe off the odium you will justly incur. May Heaven avert the punishment such base and diabolical conduct would deserve ! ! ! DOCTOR.— The opposers of Cow-pox are ready to meet its advocates, being secure of a glo- *c rious victorv ! It is known that the vaccinators (as I said before) have never promoted any system of inquiry. PARENT.—I will take the liberty, in reply to your bold and unqualified assertion on this point, to read the printed paper which I hold in my hand. It appears to have been pul>li>hed by THE ROYAL JENNERIAN SOCIETY FOR THE EXTER- MINATION OF THE SMALL-POX. At a special meeting of the Board of Directors, held at the central house of the Society, No. 14, Salis- bury Square, Fleet Street, the Report of the Me- dical Council, on the subject of Vaccine Inoculation, having been laid before the Board, Resolved,—That the same be immediately printed under the direction of the Medical Council, and that they be requested to subjoin their individual signa- tures-to the Report for publication. Extract from the Minutes. Charles Murray, Sec.