An answer to Dr. Moseley, containing a defence of vaccination / By John Ring.

  • Ring, John, 1752-1821.
Date:
1805
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Credit: An answer to Dr. Moseley, containing a defence of vaccination / By John Ring. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    pox, and as a physician, by the introduction of the coW'pock. This opinion is probably well founded; but other reasons may also be assigned for such an apparent extortion. Every gentle- man who will condescend to write in a prepos- terous way, and to expose himself, for the public good, should be well rewarded; and those who cannot be reclaimed by any means, but such as are preposterous, ought to pay for their folly. In the second edition. Dr. Moseley tells us, he has made an addition of a few important facts. I shall prove what he calls facts, to be little more than fabulous conceits. By adding a few more, as occasion requires, he may swell his book, and raise its price, ad infinitum. It would be equal injustice to the reader, and to Dr. Moseley himself, not to give a specimen or two of his remarks ; which are, indeed, as preposterous as any heart can wish. He says, Nor is the solitary critic, of retrospective life, here in contemplation. This is not a subject of letters, or general science. On this topic, like other spectators, he must be influenced by those in the field of action ; and in his determination, judgment may give v^^ay to passion. He cannot clear away the darkness which surrounds himself; much less assist me, where I stand in need of help,—'in combining words to describe a power, that can reach the punctum sa- liens of the sensorium of men, who talk of two