The vaccine scourge, in answer to the calumnies and falsehoods, lately circulated with great industry by that extraordinary surgeon, Mr. Birch, and other anti-vaccinists.

Date:
1808
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Credit: The vaccine scourge, in answer to the calumnies and falsehoods, lately circulated with great industry by that extraordinary surgeon, Mr. Birch, and other anti-vaccinists. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    / NOTES. Line 19, Page 6. Me, Guy, and others.—-One of the <( Serious Reasons’ given by Mr. Birch, for his “ uni¬ formly opposing the practice of Vaccination, is, that ee at the anniversary dinner of Mr. Guy’s Hospital, the pro¬ fessors paid more compliments to Dr. Jenner, and Vac¬ cination, than to Mr. Birch) and Mr. Guy. Line 23, Page 6. His friend*—S o many of Dr. Jenner’s friends have given Mr. Birch a dressing, that some people are at a loss to determine which of them is here alluded to. We cannot, however, help thinking, that the lot will fall on Mr. Ring; who opposed Mr. Birch in his favourite measure, the Surgeons’ Bill. Mr. Birch, therefore, opposes him in his favourite measure, by way of retaliation. Mr* Birch having published a Dressing for Lord Thurlow, the great opponent of the bill,.. Mr. Ring published u Reflections on the Surgeons Billwhich may be considered as his first Dressing for Mr. Birch. * k Line 29, Page 6. To Saint Stephen’s.-—Mr. Birch was summoned to appear before the Committee of the House of Commons, in order to justify the unfavourable reports against Vaccination, which he had been circulating with so much industry. It was on this occasion. Admiral Berke- ley remarked, that Dr. Jenner had been raking the very