A Rowland for an Oliver, in answer to Dr. Moseley's Oliver for a Rowland, and to Mr Birch ; containing a defence of vaccination / By John Ring.

  • Ring, John, 1752-1821.
Date:
1807
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Credit: A Rowland for an Oliver, in answer to Dr. Moseley's Oliver for a Rowland, and to Mr Birch ; containing a defence of vaccination / By John Ring. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ROWLAND FOR AN OLIVER. It appears strange to the world, that the Rev. Row- land Hil], whose whole life has been spent in acts of benevolence and devotion, should incur the displea- sure of the antivaccinists ; but it must be recollected, that people who do not run the same race may now and then happen to meet, and have an encounter. It must also be recollected, that when Mr. Hill goes about doing good, it is an oblique reflection on those who go about doing mischief. When he tries to era- dicate a disease, it is natural that a man who lives by diseases, and wishes diseases to live, should tell him to mind his own business. Follow your own trade, says Dr. Mcseley ; « follow your own trade, Mr. Hill; and let me follow mine. It is indeed a most unreasonable thing, that Mr. Hill, and many other venerable divines, not only of the church of England, but of every other Christian church, not satisfied with discharging the duties of their sacred function, and promoting tHe eternal hap- piness of mankind, should endeavour to promote their B 2