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A treatise on the cow-pox; containing the history of vaccine inoculation, and an account of the various publications which have appeared on that subject. In Great Britain, and other parts of the world / by John Ring.

  • Ring, John, 1752-1821.
Date:
1801-1803
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A treatise on the cow-pox; containing the history of vaccine inoculation, and an account of the various publications which have appeared on that subject. In Great Britain, and other parts of the world / by John Ring. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Rites now the greatest obstacle to the general introduction of the practice. Dr. Jenner never has claimed the merit of dis- but he is fully entitled to the praise of converting that discovery to general advantage. He is the first, who made a regular series of experiments with vac- cine matter, with an intention of superseding and ex- tinguishing the small-pox; and the first who disco- vered, that the vaccine poison possessed the same man being to another.. Thus he pointed out at once, the source from which this inestimable blessing is derived; and the means by which it may be com- municated to the whole human race. From his unrivaled fame I derogate nothing, in saying, that the discovery of the Cow-pox being a preservative against the small-pox, is not new. I conceived it my duty to mention the circumstance, public from availing themselves of the vaccine inocu- neyer heard of till now. The use of the telescope was known, before Galileo employed it in the discovery of new worlds ; and the magnetic power of the loadstone, before it was ap- plied to the important purposes of navigation. In like manner, the virtue of this sovereign prophylactic