An inquiry into the causes and effects of the variolae vaccinae : a disease discovered in some of the western counties of England, particularly Gloucestershire, and known by the name of the cow pox.

Date:
1884
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Credit: An inquiry into the causes and effects of the variolae vaccinae : a disease discovered in some of the western counties of England, particularly Gloucestershire, and known by the name of the cow pox. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    PREFACE. Tm: original work hv Dr. .leiiner on the Cow Pox, in and a second edition, enlarged, eontaininu* all his ori^*inal observa- tions on the N ari(da \ aeeiiue, in 1800, being now of great rarity,— Dr. (k Dennett havinga co}>yoftlu‘ s(‘cond edition of*the work, waited, with Dr. Maekellar and Dr. Creed, upon the Hon. A. Stuart (the Preniiiu’) to reciuest the Oovernnient of New South W ales to reprint the book. This applic-ation was granted, and a perteet f((r of the work, in size, type, and the four coIouihmI plates, has been pro- duced. The book will no doubt be found of great bemdit to the Medical Profession and the general {)ublic, by placing l)cfore them, without extraneous matter, the evidence upon which Vaccination w as ado])ted by every civil- ized tilovernment in the world. Figure II. Preface of the Sydney reprint of Jenner's “Inquiry”. The first edition was actually published in 17i)S, and not ITr'i as shown.