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.#.l. and the consolidated fend ettuld he secured
giving it a credit in the War Taxes.
Mr. HUSK ISSON then moved a clairse, to the.
Vire° he before mentioned, and to teep this account
separate from that of the surplos tif the Cohsoli. I
date' PAW*. which was agfeed m, end the 13&11 or- I
(lett tikbit read a third time toeitorrow.
The resohitions it the Committee for eietting a
Ligheatuese en the- Bell Reck. in Scotland, were
Ispeed to, and a Bill uttered to be brought in upon
them. , .. ..
. 7 VACCINf INOCiIiAtION. •
, Lora W PETTY said, he !mein pursoanee•of I
anti he gave a few days before. for. the .purpcoe
el tellies the attention of the House to a suejeet
ileheth must be allowed to be of infinite importance,
ssd which he did with the greater pleistee, as it
Wal not 10 the least connected with any political,
Oftenitteintions. 'He would not detain the House be •
glenee Into the history of Vaccine inoenesticie. fir
Wiiett the world was indebted to. the perseveting la-
Iscier,irodotry, and application of, Ili very eminent
.physlcian.eWhese ptencepal detention was employed
.11I'iti for the since oeshiny years, and who, by a
"11 and getid(al pregress,eappity brought it to the
Rate lit whicle it now was.- II was in the year,l79B,
ehetettelentleman he alluded to 1 llt. Jenner), made.
• IwllAlitritit of England; a discovery. which bid fair
peOwedioote the dreadful and fatal malady or the
. • .4„diii , - • •It was fist ietrodaced into prAelice, as
• 1— btifeleie Sw•Erigland, in the year 1;98. and
in' :. ' was gerierally adopted in Amelia ; and
producesttliehappiest effect., not only in the Pieced
sled other colonies, hut also amongst the numerous
tribes of Indians. Its the year IWO and 1101 it
was *decried by. the trarieus,.nations of Europe.
Our Commander in Chief on the • Mediterranean
menus gay* it all the ire conragettiliot in his power,
and it generally prevailed throughout dee whole
lire don et Naples. and many of the osier illitelid
help. The hmpise of RUSSIA and the. Kingdoilil.
!bests selepted it in the like Manner, and it would
peloprlme eullciect for him to !Irate the beneficial
te:l=e 'teas it produced in the dominions of
of Aastria.• Before this discovery. the
mortality occasioned by the smell pox, and infection
with the vatiolosts matter, was 63.1 annually in Vi-
cente Ia the year 1802, whoa thin practice was
tine inwodoced there. the deaths by this disease Were
only 27; and in 1604, they were reduced to only
teeeserbklr ems a saving, in that one capital, of 833
lion alieally. This he confessed to.be the eircum-
Manotellsich made the strongest impression upon
his ellelod." in favour of the vaccine pt.:take, which
'Aso lausid• Ks way to India. where 1100,000 wet*
preserved by it ; and at considerable expence k.waa
stletehernieledend now generally prevailed in China.
A *am hdoeitede, *melancholy reflection. that, while
able ft was embraced with avidity in the
iledde smite*, it wesfailing off in this country,
‘4l4lBlllllllsleGrst produeed,on account of the impedi-
=opposed to it. and the along objections of
psMemional people. He would not. at pre-
tties e any opinion as to the force of these
a. but take the liberty of stating to the
- - fact !Yell deserving of attention. Before-
. ithummy. the number of deaths annually
e
..... the ravages of the smali-poa. was
1811 I and after this practice obtained. in 1804.
they wise reduced to 622; hut. in consequence
of the . prejudices and ohjeeion. fromulgeted
ITlnet if. the pre tice had retrograded ; and, in
S, the deaths again increased to 1685. In this
wlew* certainly, the subject was me which claimed
the attendee of the Legislature. He was far, how.
ever, .from proposing any thing which could be coo,
Mined is iempulsnry I for, in all matters of physic.
as well as science, the Legislature would pause, be-
fore it adopted ary general law which should ins,
yes! upon the people rules whieh• would interfere
Issith their option to provide for their health as they
then.glit propel ; bat he also thought it the duty e 1
Parliament to tube means for enlightening the pub-
lic on this subject and to glee it all the sanction and
promulgation which the countenance of that law
ereeed 'eternity Carry with it. For this poi pose, he
moved an i•urnble address to His Majesty, " that
he would be graciously pleased to give directions to
His Royal College of Physicians, to inquire into
the state of Vaccine Inoeulatien in the United
Windom, and report their opinions thereon; and
also to inquire into. and report upon, the causes that
have retarded its general adoption." This report
he hoped would be ready to be presented by the
OMR Session ef Parliament ; after-which, if he should
thee bevy the honour of filling the same office,
Ss
Ise matfett) doubt that the report would be a
eermisoration of the good et.els of the praetice, he
,Meld propose to make it public. and giee it the
, Oast ottesteive citculatioa. After that, it would be for
I :the Hemet to topsider what additional compensation
11164fild be made to the •author of this invaluable
dist:emery, in a manner worthy of the liberality
. sod chandler of this great nation, and of the
Isomesse-oati national glory which was attached to
, to nepotism. an improvosent.
Mr. MATTHEWS led. he rose with much sari
tithe/inn to snood thiensotion of his Noble Friend.';
lie bed paid great attrition to this mode of inane."
hues*, amd his peed had received complete coer
victims of its ruferentity. The defects m the less"'
,elation of the small-pox were, that it was cognac
toting a aregasbeof infection, which spread about
the country, aid that, "by conveying the matter of
the smell-pm into the human frame, it created the'
disease called scrofula, which was a scourge to the
human race. Tbe Hon. Gentleman then said, this
thhessmisy would throw a light on the subject ; fee,
his gait, he had Lodeabt of the result, and he trust.
VII that, finally, the House would do honour to lie- 1
MI merit, mid add solid proofs of their sensibility
of the magnitude of the discovery.
• Mr. WILBERFORCE expressed his snide/Con
that so interesting a subject should be brought Cr-
iers the House, but doubted whether the course of
proceeding recommended by theNohle Lord Petty),(
was that, of all others, most likely to conduce to the
attainment of the °W.:A in view. Already the
country was possessed of an attestation of medical
'Turn, signed by almett ercry respeetable name in
the profession ; and yetdetraetion had made head
and however obvious was. the illiberality and false
• . iedieetions of those who opposed the vaccine pro.
Fess , with the ignorant, thew assertions-had pre-
-:vented the progress of the remedy. The process
tad tuffei ea also Gem Me inspruderce -of el*
1 %ries& : etese Mem:es in which it had. been as-