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

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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 infecthtion 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 is a pity, that a man who displays so
much disinterested benevolence, hould cotidescend to mis-
representation, as •ell the
." diseases should ConcicsCett(l to mis-
rep veetltatmfh, 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
imagination 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. 231., 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 purity and elegance of l and stiow
more effectually than any descriptive pen could do, fireman
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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
becomes warmer, and will continue till the 29ih instant ; n the
Comet will be perpendicular 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 wasioned
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 may now be reasonably considered 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