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

  • Ring, John, 1752-1821.
Date:
1806
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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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    Commons had set any value on his opinion, or were likely to learn any thing from him: he for- gets, however, to mention, that he was compelled to appear before the Committee, at Dr. Jenner’s request, in order to ascertain, whether there was any foundation for the unfavourable reports con- cerning *vaccination, which he had so industri- ously propagated. He also, as well as others who were dragged before the Committee, forgets to mention, what Admiral Berkeley, Chairman of the Committee, said, when he presented their Re- port to the House ; that Dr. Jenner had raked the very^^kenneh for evidence agamst himsejf. So far was he (rom suspecting, what has since been as- serted by the learned Dr. Moseley, the learned Dr. Rowley, the learned Dr. Squirrel, the learned Mr. Lipscorabe, the learned Mr. Roberts, the learned Mr. Sutton, and the learned Mr. Birch, that Dr. Jenner and his friends wished to conceal the truth. His next essay, namely, that in the form of a pamphlet, is entitled, “ An Examination of the Evidence before the House of Commons.” In , this publication, he compares the evidence given by himself before the Committee, with that given by Mr.'Cline; and, as might naturally be ex- pected, when a gentleman is umpire in his own ' cause, every where gives the preference to himself. B 2