Cow-pock inoculation : the following facts are laid before the public for the encouragement of those, who entertain any doubt respecting the efficacy and success of vaccine inoculation .... / J. T. A. Reed.

  • Reed, J.T.A.
Date:
1810
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Credit: Cow-pock inoculation : the following facts are laid before the public for the encouragement of those, who entertain any doubt respecting the efficacy and success of vaccine inoculation .... / J. T. A. Reed. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    COW-POCK INOCULATION* The following Facts are laid before the Public for the Encourage- ment of those, who entertain any doubt RESPECTING TIIE EFFICACY and SUCCESS OF And to confirm others in their good opinion of THAT INESTIMABLE BLESSING. AN March, 1800, having previously informed myself of the safety and efficacy of the Cow-Pock, I began to inoculate my two Parishes Leckhamstead and Akehj, near Buckingham. I was induced to do this at that particular time, because the Grand Junction Canal was in iis pro- gress to my immediate neighbourhood, which, like every other great work employing vast bodies of men from dis- tant quarters, would probably introduce the Small-Pox. It was my wish, that the Labourers of these Parishes should have the benefit of the high wages given on such occasions, without being exposed to the danger of that dreadful pestilence. Having been in the habit of administering medicines to the poor, my offer to inoculate them was very generally accepted ; and especially as most of these people aro employed in milking. The common answer of such per- sons to my proposal was, “ We all know that nobody “ ever died of the cow-pock, and we all know that