Cow-pox inoculation no security against small-pox infection / by William Rowley. To which are added, the modes of treating the beastly new diseases produced from cow pox, explained by two coloured copper-plate engravings, as cow-pox mange, cow-pox ulcers, cow-pox evil or abscess, cow-pox mortification, &c., with the author's certain, experienced, and successful mode of inoculating for the small pox, which now becomes necessary from cow-pox failure, &c.
- Rowley, William, 1742 or 1743-1806.
- Date:
- 1805
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Cow-pox inoculation no security against small-pox infection / by William Rowley. To which are added, the modes of treating the beastly new diseases produced from cow pox, explained by two coloured copper-plate engravings, as cow-pox mange, cow-pox ulcers, cow-pox evil or abscess, cow-pox mortification, &c., with the author's certain, experienced, and successful mode of inoculating for the small pox, which now becomes necessary from cow-pox failure, &c. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![striking miscarriages of Cow-pox inoculation, and to in- geniously palliate the various undeniable and well-known disasters, that have absolutely happened. EXCUSE I. When, in the early days of vaccination. Small Pox fol- lowed, and contradicted the assertions of the vaccinators, tiien the phraze was, as at Oxford, The Cow Pox did not take. Here appears confession of unce7'taintif, and uncertainty seals the condemnation of Cow-pox inoculation.— Small-pox inoculation is perfectly safe and certain, securely permanent, and does generally take as many millions, nay myriads of living instances testify. EXCUSE II. When a number of instances happened of Small Pox after vaccination, then it was boldly asserted, by way of palliation, that there zoas a spurious Cow Pox. Another proof of excuse for uncertainty, of course another con- demnation. These excuses are but wretched shelters where the infallibility of Cow-pox inoculation had been trumpeted forth with such vehement vociferation, with such brow- beating confidence, by the promulgators of the practice. They are certainly inadmissible to all reflecting and reason- ing minds, and sufficiently powerful to condemn the prac- tice in toto, without any farther hearing, but in this in- quiry, every latitude of indulgence shall be given to vac- cination to plead its own cause. EXCUSE in. The unequivocal and most infallible signs of the Cow Pox taking and proving an absolute security against Small- ]»ox infection was indentation;—Indentation! was ex- claimed, with the eyes starting out of the heads of some of the](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22277213_0032.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
