Reports on vaccination at Ringwood (Hampshire)

Papers connected with the Investigation made by a Deputation appointed by the Board of Directors of the Royal Jennerian Society to inquire into the effects of Vaccination at Ringwood. (1) Rose (G.). Holograph notes of cases, dated 28/12/1807 (4 ll. 8vo. 19 × 11½ cm.). (2) Mills (W.). Holograph notes of the interrogation of witnesses, dated 30/12/1807 [Incomplete] (6 ll. folio. 33 × 20½ cm.). (3) Fowler (R.). Holograph notes of a Meeting at the Town-hall, Ringwood, 28/12/1807 (6 ll. 4to. 24 × 19½ cm.). (4) Ring (J.) & Blair (W.). Holograph Report on General Results of the Investigation [Jan. 1808] (8 ll. 4to. 23½ × 18½ cm.). (5) -Revised draft of the above [Incomplete] (4 ll. 4to. 24½ × 19½ cm.). (6) -Abstract of the Report of the Deputation, Jan. 1808 (2 ll. folio. 32½ × 20 cm.). The Report was published by the Royal Jennerian Society on February 3, 1808.

1807-1808

1 volume 28 ll. v.s. Unbound.

Purchased at Sotheby's 27/11/1918, Lot 1003A (part).

The Deputation consisted of the Rt. Hon. G. Rose, M.P., William Mills, M.P. (1750-1820), Dr. Richard Fowler (1765-1863), John Ring, Surgeon (1752-1821), William Blair, Surgeon (1766-1822) and Dr. Sheridan Knowles (1784-1862).

Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).