An answer to Mr. Birch, containing a defence of vaccination / by John Ring.

  • Ring, John, 1752-1821.
Date:
1806
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An answer to Mr. Birch, containing a defence of vaccination / by John Ring. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    a pamphlet, published under the name of Mr. Rogers. Such was the success of these efforts, that it required no small share of courage, for him to appear in that character again. Quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat. His first attempt was in a pamphlet, entitled, “ A Dressing for Lord Thurlow but, like every other man who ever attempted the same thing, instead of giving a dressing to Lord Thurlow, he got a dressing for himself. My humble exertions to vindicate that Illus- trious character from calumny and detraction, in my “ Reflections on the Surgeons’ Bill,” were perhaps unnecessary; and he might probably exclaim. Non tali auxilio, ncc defensoribiis istis, Tempos eget. Mr. Birch’s printed letter was circulated with great industry; castingseveral unmerited aspersions on the practice of yaccination ; and arrogating to himself no small share of credit, for his early, steady, and uniform opposition to that beneficial practice. In this letter he talks in a vaunting style, as others have also done, about the opinion he gave before the Committee of the House of Commons; as if the Committee of the Hou^e of