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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    more explanatory of the reflexions on my refpec~ live publications, intituled, tc Obfervations on <c the Cow-pock/' and ‘c Hints defigned to pro- ‘c mote Beneficence, Temperance, and Medical (C Science.” I am ready to acknowledge, that there is not any employment in which literary men devote their leifure with more advantage to fcience, and improvement to fociety, than in the critical in- vefligation of the productions of the prefs. In- fiances, however, may occur, when fcntiments Not a nurfe who reads your recommendation will remain long without perceiving a bad tdfte, and, agreeably to your explanation of the feat of tafte, “ in the mouth” will as often adopt your advice, and not only (wallow the table-fpoonful, but that' portion befides which you recommend a to gargle, the mouth and throat In my judgement, nurfes do not require any new induce- ments to adopt a praftice fo deftruflive to the community in general, and fo immediately improper in thofe who are ap¬ pointed to watch over the health of others. Impreffed, therefore, as I am, with a knowledge of the deleterious influence of little drops' of liquid poifon, I requeft that you would take notice of the fuggeftions I ‘have prefumed to offer; for, alas! I have already heard your high authority quoted in favour of the fatal cordial ; and, in oppofition to you, what avails the feeble voice of Bafinghall-Jlreet, J. C. LETTSOM ! April 14, 1802. The purport of my letter to the Monthly Reviewers is ex¬ plained in the fubfequent Seflion.