An apology, for differing in opinion from the authors of the Monthly and Critical Reviews; on 1. Literary communications. 2. Variolous and vaccine inoculation. 3. Dr. Jenner's discovery of vaccine inoculation. 4. The means of preventing febrile contagion. 5. The establishment of charitable institutions / [John Coakley Lettsom].

  • Lettsom, John Coakley, 1744-1815.
Date:
1804
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Credit: An apology, for differing in opinion from the authors of the Monthly and Critical Reviews; on 1. Literary communications. 2. Variolous and vaccine inoculation. 3. Dr. Jenner's discovery of vaccine inoculation. 4. The means of preventing febrile contagion. 5. The establishment of charitable institutions / [John Coakley Lettsom]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    forty-two years ending with 177*2; fo as to make the whole excefs of deaths in the latter period 1,742.” That the language of the Reviewers has recent¬ ly undergone a revolution is evident from their comments; having exerted thernfelves for up¬ wards of two years againft vaccine inoculation, and been foiled; they have endeavoured to hide the ignominy of defeat by excufes and fubterfuges, which cannot be fupport.ed by the collateral evi¬ dence of their own writings; for they obferve, <f Seldom, indeed, has a medical queftion of im- cc portance been fo fpeedily determined; to this <c decifion the modefty and candour of Dr. Jenner has eminently contributed.” Monthly Review, Vol. XXXYIIL p. 316. <( We raifed various objections to the attempt *f when fir ft published, and have accumulated 1 ff doubts and difficulties to promote a more accu- *c rate inveftigation. In fhort, by this condudf, <c we have proved ourfelves the heft friends of the ‘c caufe, and have given it a falid foundation, which the fanguine expectations of its more cc eager favourers would not allow them to eftablifh firmly.” Critical Review,. Vol. XXXYI. p. 103. 1