A translation of Anstey's Ode to Jenner: to which are added, two tables; one shewing the advantages of vaccine inoculation, the other containing instructions for the practice / By John Ring.

  • Anstey, Christopher, 1724-1805
Date:
1804
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A translation of Anstey's Ode to Jenner: to which are added, two tables; one shewing the advantages of vaccine inoculation, the other containing instructions for the practice / By John Ring. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TO EDWARD JENNER, M.D. Ox! blest by Phebus, at thy natal hour, Welk , tit happy presage of thy healing pow’r! \ Tis thine to study nature’s hidden laws, Trace all her wonders to their secret cause ; Prevent disease with thy Pzonian art, Encounter Death, and blunt his fatal dart. While thus I rove through Chelta’s flow’ry plain, And some faint embers of my youth remain,