The vaccine contest, or, Mild humanity, reason, religion, and truth, against fierce, unfeeling ferocity, overbearing insolence, mortified pride, false faith, and desperation : being an exact outline of the arguments and interesting facts, adduced by the principal combatants on both sides, respecting cow-pox inoculation; including a late official report on this subject by the Medical Council of the Royal Jennerian Society / by William Blair.

  • Blair, William, 1766-1822.
Date:
1806
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Credit: The vaccine contest, or, Mild humanity, reason, religion, and truth, against fierce, unfeeling ferocity, overbearing insolence, mortified pride, false faith, and desperation : being an exact outline of the arguments and interesting facts, adduced by the principal combatants on both sides, respecting cow-pox inoculation; including a late official report on this subject by the Medical Council of the Royal Jennerian Society / by William Blair. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    until the present time ! But it was not before the be- ginning of March 1806, that tlie Author thought it his duty to read a certain vaunting treatise of one of these active objectors; whose puffing hand-bills, news-paper paragraphs, and degrading placards upon the dead walls of London, had previously informed him of its tendency. Truth will always bear looking in the face. It is never ashamed to be closely examined, by the most scrupulous and penetrating eye : but Truth itself may \y& so varnished over, and perverted by ingenious glosses, as to appear unlike herself, and even to be mistaken for Error. Such, then, seems to have been the unhappy effect of Dr. Rowley's artful publication on the Cow-pox; than which, the author of these pages has never perused a literary work, on any sub- ject, so completely unfair—so insidiously imposing— so calculated to deceive—so mischievous in its tend- ency—so full of invective—so abounding in false- hoods—so plainly inconsistent with itself—and so disgustingly repugnant to common decency. A mere glance at this book awakened attention ; and a deliberate perusal of it, suggested the idea of turning against an implacable adversary the mur- derous weapons which he himself had provided for a different purpose. The Author judged it would not be lost time, though a nauseous and revolting task, to extract the marrow or quintessence of that extra- ordinary performance ; and, by placing THE DOC- TOR'S OWN LANGUAGE in a new and vivid