The National Register. — London, England, 1812-08-30 00:00:00

AU(;. Sq much of his time to the dissemination of the Small up pox, disorder, which, according to the Report of the College of Physicians, even now destroys a sixth part of all who.n it attacks, and when palliated 6y Inoculation, still kills one out of ree hundred) or his liberality in comtnu ei,•ating the infec th tion graas ; especially as it is well known, that it oec...sions a severe illness, requiring both attendance and medicaments, which it is, no doubt, his intention to give gra fiS too, although he has forgotten to mention that on his window. it i s a pity, that a man who displays so much disinterested benevolence, hould cotidescend to mis representation, as •ell the ." diseases should Co ncicsCett(l to mis rep ve etltatmfh, as ll the ' discae which he tells us, are occa " sioned by the Cow-l'ox," have been found &he' to spring from other causes, or to exist only in his imagination.oritething But his i m agination is a teeming one. It can produce s: else besides mirepresentation. It can aim at prophecy itself, and the following advertisement, published by Mr. Burnett, in the Sunday Advertiser, No. 23 1 ., on the 20th of October, 1811, at the time when the Comet was flaming over our heads, will show what are the sources of his inspiration, whilst it will display the comprehensive bowers of his mind and reason, the pur it y and elegance of l a nd st i ow more effectually than any descriptive pen could do, fireman • as he is. From the Sunday Advertiser, October 20th, 1811. No. 2'31. The Comet.shall batik die wise men, But thee; 0! Burnett, shall understand. The Comet is now coming nearer the earth, of course then;eather b ecom es warmer, and will co n t inue till the 29ih instant ; n the Comet will be perpen dicular over this city, and the SRO above ; and that day the Comet will traverse round the Sun ; and renn-ailier that day wiil be the warmest ever felt in this country ----Eeware, ye Cow-Pox Doctors of her tail ! for this ity is become corrupt and sinful. SMALL —Mr. BURNETT, of No. '.22. Great Mary-le bone street, informs the public, that he inoculates for the Small-Pox, and that only (grati'i) every morning, from nine till eleven, and likewise gives his advice to all those afflicted with the dreadful di--eaes occ E w asioned by Cow-Pox, viz. Cow-Pox Itch, Cow-Pox Mange, Cow-Pox vil, Co- Vox Abscess, Cow-Pox Scald Head, Cow-Pox Mortification, &c. Examine and contiadict my discourse. I have an eye for sympathy and proportion ; and a heart attuned for the distresses of others. I beg, in charity, to observe, that the Comet of 1811, being long since gone beyond the limits of our system without either consuming or carrying off the P Cow-ox Doctors, Mr. Burnett m a y now be reasonably c onsidered as po longer under the influence of her Tad." When, two years ago, the Committee of the Small-Pox 'Hospital humanely prohibited the Inocula.ion.of out-pat ler tr with Vile Small-Pox, in order to preveot its dissemination, and enjoined their Inoculator to substitu!c tract illation in its stead, Mr. Burnett disinterestedly came forward, and of fered his services to the prejudiced persons who were in the habit of applying to the Ilospital, lie thus defeated the in tentions of the Committee, and secured a most extensive practice. Ile is now, lam assured, dispensing the blessing of variolous infection to no less than . filiy patients every morning, so that, if according to the Report of the College of Physicians, one ;atient usually dies out of three hundred, by Inoculation, his morning practice alone dispatches the rising generation at the rate of one per week. This is a consideration which, t trust, had hitherto escaped Mr. Burnett. May it induce him to relent, and to adopt a preventive, of which the efficacy is acknowledged by the whole world, save a few practitioners in this country and their deluded victims! Ilow much good could not a man, blessed with such an extensive practice, do in the cause of humanity, were he to renounce his error, and to impress the utility of Vaccination on those who:e whole cculitienee THE NATIONAL REGISTER. 541 possesses. De may fear to appear incons.stent. buand t (heart, n consistency would wotthl do as much honour to his head as it would yied benefit to mankind. Dr. Moseley, Mr. Bich, Mr. tides, will find them OR - selves pourtrayed in my future letters. EXPOSIT. DR. .JFNNER. Mr. Erwrialt, As r friend to human nature I should be sorry to throw by an' doubts over the practice of Vaccination, that might possibility have the effect of making - the rinilll•rox renew As ravages among us. hope, nev,trthei,!ss, that your pai , ill give it“ertion to a letter from sac unknown orresron dent, even though, it should at first em to mai,e a.,;ainst the .Icl- 11112 . 6 ml sv,'cm. \visit, however, iiishuctl .to say, that nothing is fur,ha om my intention than to 0 pose V a . cita . tion; and stating that which may T , ppear to I.e a sus irious circumstance,' I only do it to c all foal) a denial, if fa.se ; a - sattsfactory explanation, if ttue The enemies of ('ow-pox inoculation have told us that Dr. J ENN ER, while recommending the cow- ox to every one else, caused his own son to be inoculated with tl e small have ist.m. This, t4ir, exu l t i ng ly stated by the persons to whom I alluded, who do not fail to insinuate that Dr .leon ho er uld . howhe - ever anxious he might be that the whole world s convinced of the utility of his discovery, had no fai.ll in it himself; that while its effects were actually be•ng tried no millions, be bad no disposition to make th experiment on a a child of his own. This statement, Sir, l cannot positively say remains uncontradicted or unexplained, but I have never seen a contradiction or an explanation of it; and as. think many of your readers may be in the same situation. its being cleared up through the medium of your widely c Tculating paper, may have a beneficial effect. Whatever the fact may be, I conceive it is not likely to aflcct the credit of vaccina tion, in any material degree. The public will do wisely to bear in mind the ol d sayings, that they should do as the Doctor directs, and not as be does. If the fact should appear to be, that the inoculation of the son of Dr. Jetmer with the small-pox took place through a doubt of the merits of the discovery, it may detract considerably from the credit due to Dr. Jenner himself, and invalidate his claim to public gratitude, however his discovery may merit universal admi t ration. 1 am, Mr. Editor, Yours, respectfully, Pounquoi? TIIE BA TTLE OF SALA MA NC A efvSIPADUD THOSE 0•Y *US rEttilTs. AND PIIARSALIA. UY SARRAZIN. Ciesar, by his victory avrr Pompey, became the master of the. world. The defeat of the A,tstra-ltie•sian arm:. secured to Buonaparte theNthrone ot . l'rtrce, and a very tAtensive ittiltierice aver the crania battle of Salamanca, gained by nein at Europe. Why t1.t.,-1 oot the bit the Marquis of Wellin,vm. compel the French to evacuate the Penin -oda ? The-a, t h re e great event - have couside table analogy in ahnost all their co-cum-tam:es. L shall endeavour to explain the causes 'Alien have weventud the Ca:-air of Sa'amanca from taking the same advan tage at his victory as the conquerors of Kutusoti and Pompey did of tht IN. Mlirlllollt 01laid have been destroyed on the 24th of June, when he pasied and passerepd the 'formes m the presence of the English army : Kutthoti onght not to have escaped from the hands of Buona• pa t e : ou the plains of liollabrun ; and it was to the negligence of Ce. ia r that Pomp. y owed his success at Dyrrachium. What measures do the three Cesara take to repair their faults? They affect to fear their .tdvcrsaries. We;lington, although drawn up on the left bank of th• Douro, staffers the French army to pass the river almost without resist. , . mire. At the engagement of tastrejon, the advanced -guard sounds a I i rvtiv:,t, and uoitet itself with the army, which retires on the left batik I=