Volume 2

A treatise on the cow-pox : containing the history of vaccine inoculation, and an account of the various publications which have appeared on that subject, in Great Britain, and other parts of the world / by John Ring.

  • Ring, John, 1752-1821.
Date:
1801-1803
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Credit: A treatise on the cow-pox : containing the history of vaccine inoculation, and an account of the various publications which have appeared on that subject, in Great Britain, and other parts of the world / by John Ring. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The next article in the Journal is a communica- tion from Mr. Fermor, of Tusmore, who by his early patronage, and zealous promotion of this important discovery, has laid the public under an obligation, which they can never repay. This communication consists of a letter which Mr. Fermor received from Mr. William Sharp, con- cerning the origin of the Cow-pox. In answer to the enquiry of Mr. Fermor, Mr. Sharp states, that he is informed by a letter from Durham, the disease is not known there among the cattle. Mr. Sharp adds, that from circumstances which have fallen in his way, he believes, that the disorder arises from -infection brought to the cows by hands employed about the diseased heels of horses; and in conse- quence, that it could not be known there, as the cows are universally milked by women, who have nothing io do in the stable. Mr. Sharp concludes, with wishing all possible suc- cess to the inoculation of the Cow-pox, which Mr. Fermor has had so meritorious a share in promoting. It has already been observed, in this treatise, that some people consider the disease in the horse's heel, which occasions the Cow-pox, as distinct from the grease. In order to ascertain whether this opinion was genera], I wrote to Mr. Tanner, the veterinary surgeon, of Rockampton, who succeeded in exciting