The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-08-21 00:00:00

COW PUX.

The Small Pox having lately visited the city of
Norwich, Edward Rigby. Esq. the Mayor, con-
vened A meeting of the inhabitants on the subjea,
the proceedings of which we have already laid be-
fore the public. The result is, that a syst •matic
and eff•Qive plan of a general inoculation for the
Cow Pox has been adopted; and the physicians and
surgeons of that populous city have addressed a
most able Memorial to the inhabitants, containing
many valuable fans, which most satisfy every un•
prejudiced mind of the vast superiority of the Jen-
ne, ian Inoculation; it concludes with the following
interesting parallel between the efh!is i.f the Cow
Pox Inoculation and those of the inoculated Small
Pox, upon the human body.
u It is admitted on all hands, that the Cow Pox
is never fatal ; whereas, in the inoculated Small
Pox, one in three hundred petishes ; a circumstance
of no trifling consideration. It is asserted, that
Cow Pox is not, universally, a security against
Small Pox, there being instances alleged of persons
taking the Small. Pox after having been inoculated
for the Cow Pox. To give this argument its full
force, let us admit all the alleged cases to be true,
and then proceed to ascertain the proportion they
hear to the whole number of person; is ha hire been
inoculated for the Cow Pox. From ri.is Enquiry
it appears, that of two hundred and fifty thousand
persons. who have been inoculated for the Cow Pox,
only fifty persons have been alleged to have suffered
from subsequent Small Pox ; thus, even in this
view, the Cow Pox is highly to be preferred to the
Small Pox, as, from this estimate, only one petite
in jar thousand is liable to Small Por ; whereat In
the i”aralored Small Per, it it admitted, that one per-
!** in there bn..dr,•J periet,s. But a more minute
investigation has shewn, that of these 50 alleged
cases, only 10 have been substantiated by esideece
admissible and ad:quote ; and that it is probable,
among thew ten cases, some deception or mist ike
may have taken pl ice, on the same grounds as in
some of the asserted cases of Small Pox subsequent
to Small Pox, and in which the Chicken Pox has
been taken for Small Pox. Admitting, however.
these ten cases to be established, the conclusion
feint such admission strongly proves the superior
advantages of Cow Pox In iculation ; as, in that
case. instead of one person in 5000, only one person
in 25,000 would be liable to Small Pox. And fur-
ther supposing, in the 250,000 persons inoculated for
the Cow Pox, that ten of them (as asserted) should
he liable to Small Pox. and should aaually take
it, and io the casual way, and that of these ten one
in five should die, which is a greater proportion
than really obtains, it would then appear. th.tt of
250,000 persons inoculated for the Cow Pox, only
two persons would have died, and those from subso.
quest Small Pox; whereas the deaths from the
same number of persons (250,000). inoculated for
Small Pox (taking the received proportion of one
in 300), Would be about 834. l'hus it it proved,
that the fatality of Small Pox inoculation, compar-
ed with that of persons taking the Small Pox in the
casu tl way, subsequent to the Cow Pox, is, as near
as may be, 834 ro 2; a fan at once strongly exhi-
biting the sitperi a. advantages and mildness of the
Cow Pox, when compared with Small Pox."

Monday morning, at half past four, the 2d Regi-
ment f.t Royal E ist In•lia Volunteers, under the com-
mand of ,Major rHULLUfsoti, proceeded on their
march to Maidstone. wham they will remain 7 days.

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BIRTHS.
on Tne.day, the 6th instant, Mn Hamilton, of Gilles
dough. Scotland, was lately delivered of a son.
At Edetturels, on the 12th inst Mn Campbell ILinn't.ni,
of hl,lnburn, was sdely delivered of two daughters.

MARRIAGES.
Wednesday, at Mrtatoi, Mr. Mirky, of Hilmotreto,
Otis Lang, daughter of S Lang, Esq. s.f 'lavish...lt, De. .a.
Lately, at Quet. .-aquAre eit.,pet. Bath, by ths & k
lVa•iter, K. U. E.u.nt, E.Q of unpr.ltill, S.lrroy, t. M g
S. Cloa,e, youttoat daughte; of the Rev. J. S. Crtomt, cf taut
c.ty.