The Sun.
London, England, 1814-08-27 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

.Slrt,—Apprelien.dihg the inclosed. Report of the
State-of V4e6inaLion in Sweden; printed by Order
of the [louse of Connhqns, catinpt f,til--6f being

acceptable for insertion in your Paper, I have
been induced to transmit you a copy ; and arn

sptctfully your's,

Aug. es, lall.

I11:11,ANTIIRC):20S.

REvolur 01 THE STATE OF THE VACCLNATION
. • • IN SWEDIN,

It Was to be expected, froth 'the excellent ar-
rangements which the Kings of'Sweden hatiadopt-
cti for somewhat- more than half a cemury, iii
every department of medical science, that the in-
Comparable discovery of Doctor Jenner, like the
inoculation for the Small-pox at a former period*,
should not only become an object of the :most
accurate investigation, :but also, when approved
by experience, be generally intrOduced and pro-
moted by rewards and established regulation.
The Medical Practitioners of Sweden, who had
already been informed, from the time of Dr. -Jen.:
ner's first discovery, by- means of a constant cor:
respondence with the Learned in other countries,
of the expectations which were entertained of the-
success of experiments made with the Cow-pax,
bad great pleasure in learning that one of,thei
colleagues, Dr.,Gahn, a Member of the -Rbyal
College, had, totvards the end of 1799, procured
some vaccine matter, and obtained the most .satis-
factory result from inoculating with it. Another
Swedish Physician, now Professor of. Medicine,.
1)r. Rosenkold, printed in 1801 a small pamphlet,
entitled, " To the Public on th'e Cow-pox ;" and
performed Vaccination. With success in several pa-
rishes in Skane. About the same time, the untler7
signed also published a More detailed accotint,
With coloured figures, under the title, " The
Swill prix may be extirpated ;" and. this Essay
was distributed to all the chtirChes in the kingdom.
The Government, already attentive to the in-
esti.nable advantage which the inoculation Of the,
Cow-pox seemed to promise, directed the Cu!-
lege to examine Dr.. Jenner's discovery with the
great,.st : ceiaacy, for which the proper means
were immediately afforded ; and the College was
ordered, after collecting the results,: topresent
its repori to the King.
This Report, which fully confirmed the excel-
lence of the jepnerian discovery, occasioned the
salutary law which was first enacted in 1803, by
which Vaccination was -established throughout
the kingdom ;. anti the College was cominanded to
promote its adoption by all possible means. The
King was pleased to appropriate 900 dollars, spec._
banco, to be divided into premiums, which were
to be distributed among Such Medical-.Men' as
could exhibit the greatest number of vaccinated

persons.
. A particular regulation was aiade for the Me-
tropolis, imposing a fine of three dollars on any
one who should fail to 'announce to the Medical
Officer of the district the appearance of the con-
tagion of the Small-pox ; and in every such case,
the person infected was to be carried to the Small-
pox Hospital, where every measure was adopted
for his being.properly nursed; and the same pre-
cautions have been continued to tl4 present time.
It was long a qUestion, whether new-born chil-
dren' could he vaccinated with success, and whe-
ther the matter taken from them might be em-
ployed with as much security as if taken from-
,adults ?

Ms doubt has been altogether removed, and
in the General Lying-in Hospital all tlte•ehildren
are now v.aceiliated within nine days from the
time of their birth ; so that, by means of this
progressive Vaccination, fresh matter ,remains
"constantly in existence.
The want of a sufficient supply of Vaccine mat-
ter for the extensive provinces of the kingdom,
long an obstacle to the universality of Vac-
cination in Sweden., This obstacle no longer
exists;. since the Royal College of Health, in
consequence of the hinnble representations which
it 11l tde to the King, obtained the adoption of a
very effectual measure for this purp,ose., in the ap-
•pointntent of a particular establishment for the
general regulation of Vaccination throughout the
kingdom, which took place in the year 1812.
This, Establishment consists of a DirectOr, and
several' Inspectors of the stations for Vaccination
in the Provinces. The Director is a Menther of
the Royal College of Realth, whom the King has
graciously commanded to receive and examine all
reports, to answer all inquiries, to conduct the
distribution of Vaccine matter, which is deliver-
ed, free of postage, to all persons who apply for
; and lastly to report to the College every
think relating to Vaccination that requires fur-
ther regulation, and to propose to it, as proper
persons to receive rewards, all those who appear
to be the most deserving. He has -also the

mediate inspection of all the Medical Merl, who
are appointed to conduct the business of the Sta-
. Lions, established in almost every province ; the
progressive Vaccination performed at these Sta-

tious being calculated to -maintain a constant sup-
ply of fresh matter, which is also distributed,
free of postage, to those who require it ; and their
proceedings being registered in proper Catalogues
and Journals..

In Stockholm, three sevetal ,StatiOns of this
Ititict have teen appointed, whence fresh twitter
,'lily always be procured with certainty, -if it 'tap-
pet) to be wanting in any particular Province.
The Arehbithop,.Bishops, and the whole of the
Clergy throughout the kingdom,• having, frOm
m the time of the happy-discovery of Vaccination,.
embraced it with the most, distinguished zeal;
and many of this respectable body having nOt
only employed the most effectual means for the
retnovul of vulgar prejudices against it, huihav-
Lat. even actually- practised Vac-ciimtion them
setves ; the King, -
assured of the continued exer•.

A. It is remarkable, that the celebrated Dr. David Schuit-
2enheim, who was appnipfed so long ago: as 17!.c.is he o,
States ai the Kingdom, to inquire into' Sutton's cud Lims_
dale's mode of luns;ulating the Small l'ox in England, i, ,fo„.
tie President_of the ituyial Gollti,fe Of Health, and is; been
Vie most in::.iranLeLtal, b'y Means of bi.; powerful influence, in
promoting the ,snost salutary naeastes fJI tbs introanetidu of

(ion! of the Clergy-in the slime eanse, was pleas-el
to direct, that every. Minister should superintend
the progress of Vaccination %Obit' his parish ;
and ;hould.be empo-4•errd to call_to his assistance.
one or ruche Inspectot.S of Vaccination, according
to circumslances, for the purpose of
,causing
children to be propt:rly vaccinatrd within the first
year after their birth, and -.keeping proper doett-
meats of the performance of-tue, operation. In
each parish or district there must be an accredited
Vaccimatiir,,whose duty is to perform Vaccination,
and to give a teport of h‘s proceedings to the
Royal College of Health.
The College! has 'also published, by the King's
command, a Book of Insrructions'tor Vaccinators
and Inspectors of Vacciwition; whielt has been
distributed gratis_to all the churches in•the king-.
dom. This _Treatise, 'ad-a Ail to the use of the
Public, affords an accurate kisowledge of 'the true
and false Cow-Pox ; of the ,i'arieties which most
ti•equently occur in it ; and at the cutaneous
dis-
eases which occur so often in S%veden, very nearly
resembling the Small-Pox.
For the more effectukt enconragemdin of the
practice of Vaccination, the- King has been gra-.
cionslv pleased. to appoint rewards of two different
kinds---peentitary premiums
_acid honorary medals.
•The'lat,er are distributed commonly in silver, but
sometimes-in gold, to those who have particularly
• distingnished.themselt es. In all cafses, those Who
have deserved rewards, are' humbly pointed', nut-to
thii King by the College of health ; and his Ala-
jesty has
`reserved to himself the right of assigning
the proportions in which those rewards shall be
ilistributed. It is also in the King's name, and
with a certain degree of publicity, that the'se
Marks, of his approbation are bestowed.

For the honour of the Medical Profession in
Sweden, it must not be forgotten, that although
Inoculation for the Stnall-pox was one of the most
lucrative 'branches'of their private practice; and
has been entirely superseded by the simple process
of Vaccination, no one individuill of, the p;.ofes-
sion has raised any obstacles against the
.Cow-
pox; but everyone has contributed to its atfranet:-
ment, by giving advice, n!....riniition, and assist-
ance, .to the utmost of his ability. No single
publiCation has appeared to cull in question its• high
importar:e*, and its superiority to Variolous. Ino-
culation winch has. been entirely discontinued
ever since the year 1512, rather by • a. tacit and
universal consent, than in consequence of any
ROyat prohibition.'
It may therefore be asserted, that the. Small-
pox, that equally disgusting and destructive'pesti-
knee, which for many ages continued annually
to send out of the world au immense number of
young children, now,' through the.intluenee of
Dr. Jenner's inestimable discovery, so 'perfectly
extirpated in Sweden, that it never can become
epidemic, even if at any time, notwithstanding all
the orders and all tilt vigilance employed for its
exclusion, the infection should make its appear-
ance. Such, in the last twelve years, has been
the effect of the King's wise and humane atten-
tion,.of the twat-144y and disinterestedness 'of
the Medical Profession, of the patriotic zeal'of
the Clergy, of the good examples so promptly
exhibited by the tipper classes, and of the pro-
gress of information and civilization in the lower.
The undersigned, who has di awn up this short
account at the request of the lioyal College of
Health, has also the honour of sending with it,
in the name of the,Coliege, a copy of the Book
of Instructions, and an impression in silver oldie
honorary medal, which was struck by the King's
command, under the direction 'of the College, and
-which is distributed 'in the King's name, for the
promotion' of Vaccination..

FR. fIEDIN,•M.D.
•
Stockholm, 10th February', First Physician to the King,
1814. Medical Counsellor, (Stc. &e.

The answer which the-undersigned returned the Ist Nov.
1801, to a letter addressed to bin' lei the Vaccine Committee
of the Society of Altidicine at Paris, which is inserted in
the -sceuial Report of that Committee, cannot justly be con-
sidered-asa puolicaiion of this kind,. It was not quite three
toonths.after tins time, that having acquire 3 pertect conk_
titucefroni inoculating .a cow, with the Cow-pox, :IA trans-
ferring the operation to the tanin' subject,- he pulilislied the
before-mentionzd Essay, entitled, " in Toe Sill-Pux may be
extirpated."

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, Au G. 26.

Nothing of interest occiirrred7this day, excelit
to the parties concerned. The LORD CkANCEL-
LOR will sit till three • o'clock to-morrow '(satur-
day), when his Lordship goes to the Honk! of
Lordo. lie sits agtiin at' six o'clock in" the evening.

PALACE COURT, AUG. 26.

The only case affording the least interest at the
sittings this day, was an action to recover 131.
paid for a blind horse. which did, not amswer the
description given at the time of.sale; The plain
tiff had purchased with a knowledge that both
eyes were blind, but when the horse was sent
home, he found that his blind gelding had also
the infirmity of incurable lameness. The unfor,,
tunate state of the horse was proved by a farrier,
who saw it when it came to the defendant. There
was no defence.

Mr. REYNoLns,.the Judge, said, this was an
extraordinary case,. as neither himself, or:the
oldest man at the har,, had perhaps., ever known
a.hotse'cause undefended ; however, 'as the evi-
dence stood, tht Jury were hound to find for
the plaintili.—Verdict for plaintiff—damages 13/.

There were 22 causes entered in the Nisi Prins
• Court for. Northumberland, fotir of were
Special Juries. The first was between the Com-
missioners and Governors of Greenwich Hospital,
plaintiffs; aild'his Grace the Duke of NORTIIUM--
SERLAND,•defendant, and the question involved
the property oldie soil of the extensive Common
of Hareshaw, in the Barony of :Wark, of which
the plaintiffs are Lords. After a trial which oc,
copied 13 hours of the Tuesday and Wednesday;
a verdict was returned in favour of the Hospital.
• At York Assizes a• verdict for a penalty of 501.
qui tarn action, broOght
and costs, was. given in a
nuclei' a statute of 50th GeoutiE 1. against a per-
son, (though regularly licensed as a hawker) for
auction, oovhicli he
was goods by
was, iiot the maut.facturcr, in the town of Lueds.