Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-10-27
PHYsIc, SURGERY, Nip
WIFERY, &c.

'HE Subfcrbcr takes this method of in
i forming the inhabitants of Alexandra and
its neighoourhood, that he has jufl fixed hinifelf
reiident anlohgh thens for the purpole of
becoming Practitioner in MEDICINE, SUR
gerry, in all its Branches, MID WIFERY and
the Diieafes of the TEETH; he truns that fix
years unremitting attention., in the mott approv-
ed Schools of Europe, to the different diviions
of Science which compete his protection, will en-
able HIM to difcharge its duties in manner thar
ihall be conii1enr with the iaiety and welfare of
the Patient, as well as the reputation and digni-
ty of the Protection itfslf; he hopes alto that he
will be found to practice on fully as reafonable
terms as any reputable Practitioner can afford
to do. There is one cifcumftance to which he
could with to be permitted the liberty of aiking
attention, it is the Vaccine lnnoculation, the
greatea diieovery, perhaps, that has ever been
made in Medicine. Medical Science has juftly
been complained of. as mixing ilow progrels;
'as travelling in dull, hating gait but, relative
to Vaccine lnnoculatlon, fhe has lately made a
rapid, gigantic ftride of Improvement, one that
tends to cxpunge from The catalogue Of Diieaies
the mott odious and calamit9us that ever aidict-
ed man, the Small Pox. This then being the
character of the difcovery, the su5tpriber trusfs
he may be believed when he afefts that the full
aud complete diffucn Of It's benefits is W ha mott
6ncerely intefeifs him even though wholly aD-
ftracted fron, any considerations Of peculiarly ad,
vantage; he has been informed. that medical
characters in this place Of much fkili end bene
violent intention, have found impedinlents TO
the fucceis of the Vaccine Innocllatiaa and that
fuch impedimenrs, though ehey feenl ioniewhat
peculiar TO this country, have considerably limit
ed the iphere of its ufefulneis. 10 invetfigate
and realove the caufss of thoie inlpedimenr5 will
BE an obje9 OF his 51oit uncealing attention, and
fhond there be any perfons in this town or It's
vicinity, who would with TO participate in the
benefits of the dilcovery, bur may feel themIelves
reGrained by pecuniary motives, he will innocu-
late and carry them through the diieaie free from
all expence whatever. He has been Familiarity
acquainted with it in Europe, and poiiefies 10.
eruaions given to him by the author OF the dill
eovery himfelf, whereby it may be mott certain-
ly and trucly communicated, and as prudently
and flfely managed theie are circumstances too,
of no imall Importance, as upon the commune
cation Of the true Vaccine Difeafe, and the pru-
dent management of it depends the ample and
wide extended blelIing, which, under fuch cir
cumRsnces, il is fully capable of comforting on
the human fpecies; for, if the ialfe difeaie be
communicated inftead of the true, though only
in few inflances, and the true diieaie not pro-
perly managed, it will involve the merits of
'he remedy in doubt and uncertainty. and ulti-
nia,ely bring it into total dilrepute and ufelefs-
nels. The Sublcriber may be feen, by apply
ing at his Shop, Prince Areet, nearly oppotite
DR.. Dicks or at his lodgings, at Mrs. GriAith's,
King itreet.
VIM. ALLEN DAINCERFIELD.
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