A Rowland for an Oliver, in answer to Dr. Moseley's Oliver for a Rowland, and to Mr. Birch; containing a defence of vaccination / [John Ring].

  • Ring, John, 1752-1821
Date:
1807
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Credit: A Rowland for an Oliver, in answer to Dr. Moseley's Oliver for a Rowland, and to Mr. Birch; containing a defence of vaccination / [John Ring]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    s thropy, and our influence on the religious opinions of the people, to contribute as much as lies in our power, towards the propagation of this practice ; and the em¬ ployment of those means, which, all together, appear evidently conducive to the welfare and happiness of mankind* I consider it my duty to co-operate with him; and doubt not but you will cheerfully second his intentions. You will therefore lose no time, in adding to the number of instructions which it is your duty to give your parishioners, that of making them sensible, how much it behoves them, for their own sake, as well as for the sake of their children and their domestics, to have recourse as soon as possible to the salutary practice of vaccination. If their objec¬ tions to it arise from any religious prejudices, you wilf eradicate them, and ease their minds of those dan¬ gerous scruples of conscience; and avaiL yourself of their natural love of life, in order to prevent them from making a false application of principles, which may at length terminate in their own destruction. “ In discharging this interesting part of your minis¬ try, you will, in the first place, enjoy the satisfaction of depriving death of thousands of victims; and in the next place, you will once more be entitled to the acknowledgments of our chief magistrate; who suffers nothing to escape him, that may prove bene¬ ficial to his subjects. “ The last reflection that strikes me is this : re¬ ligion itself, when employed by you to throw light on the subject in question, will become still more dear to the people committed to your charge. The husband