Cow-pox inoculation no security against small-pox infection / by William Rowley. To which are added, the modes of treating the beastly new diseases produced from cow pox, explained by two coloured copper-plate engravings, as cow-pox mange, cow-pox ulcers, cow-pox evil or abscess, cow-pox mortification, &c., with the author's certain, experienced, and successful mode of inoculating for the small pox, which now becomes necessary from cow-pox failure, &c.

  • Rowley, William, 1742 or 1743-1806.
Date:
1805
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Credit: Cow-pox inoculation no security against small-pox infection / by William Rowley. To which are added, the modes of treating the beastly new diseases produced from cow pox, explained by two coloured copper-plate engravings, as cow-pox mange, cow-pox ulcers, cow-pox evil or abscess, cow-pox mortification, &c., with the author's certain, experienced, and successful mode of inoculating for the small pox, which now becomes necessary from cow-pox failure, &c. 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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    order to shew their entire want of knowledge in the excellence of improved Small-pox inoculation. It likewise proves^ that the causes which gave rise to this palliation existed, or the palliation never wOuld huve appeared.; If Small Pox had not appeared after supposed security from vaccination, no such conceit as persons having Small Pox twice could have ever been started. This miserable pretext then only proves the fact, that Cow Pox is no infallible security against natural and epidemic Small-pox infection. 5. As to the Cow-pox mange, various eruptions, gangrene, raoriification, abscesses, &c. happening, as already men- tioned, 5, 6, 7, and tlie following paragraphs, and the confounding Small Pox wiih Chicken or Swine Pox, though quite dissimilar; they have been so amply proved, and so universally known, that it would be impertinent, and tire the reader's patience, to resist idle conjectures or bold assertions, quite irrelative to the questions to be determined; therefore let them for the present be buried in peace.* The production of facts, on which the principal foregoing propositions depend, is now necessary, lest it might be sup- posed, in imitation of many violent vaccinators, that hypo- thesis is only drawn forth in battle array against hypothesis ; bold assertion against bold hyperbolic assertion ; artificial sophisms against artful sophisms, evasion, and subterfuge. The facts stated are extracted from the experienced Dr. MoSELEY, Mr. GOLDSON, Dr. SoU iRREL, Mr. RoGERs's, and Mr. Birch's Observations; to which there are added above one hundred cases, that 1 have been either witness to^ or which come well authenticated, above the reach of vac- cinating cavil, or premeditated altercating attack.f * See the facts of eruptions, abscesses, with the plate, Sec. in the little pam- phlet of Mr. Rogers, rltdicated to John Birch, Esq surgeon of St. Thomas's Hospital, and to His Ro^al Highness the Prince of Wales, with the letter of that experienced surgeon, with proofs against vaccination, and why it should be abolished, from its failure and other disasters. + It should be remarked, that Dr. Squirrel was formerly many years apothe- cary to the Small-pox Inoculation Hospital, at Pancras, under my worthy friend Dr. Archer, who, every one must allow, knew more of Small-pox inoculation than all the vaccinators do together of their favgurite vaccinating project. He y/as a practical man, not a visionist. . ,