The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-03-31
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FROM TIE MnDEID CAZE1~TE,
os ocroBER 4, 1906.

o., sandy, TIE 7;h Of September Ian, DR. Francis
Xavier Bi!m,s, Surgeon extraordinary the King,
had the honor Of kr1ing his Majeays hand, oeea-
hou of his return from voyage round the world,
eeuted with the fcle Object OF carrying all the poi
fsfons Of the Crown of Spain, Gtuated beyond the
!sas arr :hole of feveral other nations, the neai
nable gift of vaccine nnoculaton. His MajeQy has
inquired with the vslieft uierea, into all that ma
serisy related to- the expedition aud learned, with
tae s,mol ftistaiion, that it's reult has exceeded
the moh fangune expectations tina. entertained
at the tinc Of the enterprise.
This ui;s.cI taking had been committed TO the dill
gece Of iev, al r,ebe"s of the faculty, and iubord
nate pcrlons, carry with them twenty-five children,
who had never undergone the fmall pox, fcle ed for
the preerytiou Of the precious fluid, by tranmtng
II uceeivey from one To another, during the eourc
af the voyage. The expedition fet fail from Corun-
ma, under the dire Sion Of Dalms OH the 3oih No
vember, 1903. made the FRI aoppage at the Ca
nary, made the iccond at Porto Rico, and the
third al Caracas. On leaving that province, in the
port o, IA Guayra, 1t divided into two BRAN
ckes: part falling TO South America, under the
charge of the Subdireaor Don Francis Salvani the
other, with the Director Balmis on board, lteerng
for the HAVANA, and thence for Yuca,an. There
sfubdivon took place; the Profe{ior Francis Panor
proceeding from the port of Sifal that of Villa
Harmoia. in the province of Tobafra, for the Pur-
Pcsr OF eating vaccination in the drict oil Gin
dad Real of Chiapa, and on Cnsten,ala, making
rough road, computing Oaxaca while the reh Of
the expedition, which arrived without accident at
Veraorn4, traveried only the Vice royalty of
New Spain, but alto the interior provinces whence
ie waste return TO Mexico, whics. was the point Of
fe-union,
This precious preferva,ive againt the ravagss of
the fnail pix has already been extended through the
whole OF North America, the COATS of Ssnora and
S.naos, ard even to the Genties aud Neophites of
High PH'ssia. Ia each capital Council has been
nitituted comPoied Of the principal authorities, and
the mott jealous members of the faculty, charged
with the pr.lervasun Of this invaluable fpecifc as
facred depoft, for which they accountable the
King and 20 poierity.
This being accomplished, it the next care of
yfe Director carry this part OF the expedition from
America AHA, crowned with the n,oa brilliant
ccels. anal, with it, the comfort Of humanity. Some
difficulties having been furmoaHted, he embarked in
the port Of Acapulco for the Philippine Ilands that
being the point which, if attainable, it was orgi-
naily intended thar the undertaking hould be termi-
mated.
The bounty OF Divine Providence having vouch-
fafcd 20 fecord the great aud pous defgns of the
Kng. S.!n,is haPply performed the voyage in little
hiore than two months: carrying with him, from
New Spans, twenty fix children defined to be vac
e.pated in fueee.ion, as before aud many of them
infants, they committed to the of the
n,t.ron of tie Founding Holptal La Corunna,
whr, in this we'll the former voyages conduct
ed herief in manner to merit appreciation. The
expedition having arrived at the Philippines, and
prorasated the fpscifc in the lands fubica to his
Catholic Majeay, Balmis, having concluded his phi
lanthropc commion, concerted with the captain ge-
neral the means of extending the benfcenee of the
King, and tie glory Of his auguh name, the re-
motel confines of Ala.
In poirt of fatl the pox has been d;Esminated
through the vaa Archipelago of the Vilayan Hands
Whole chiefs, accunouied wage perpetual war sth
us have laid down their arms, admiring the genera
fly Of an enemy, who conferred upon them the blel-
fngs Of health and life, az the time when they were
la5oring under rhe ravages of epidemic fall pox
The principal perions OF the Portuguefe colonies and
OF the Chnrie Empire, nanifeted thenlfelyes no lels
beholden, when Bslms reached Macao and Canton
in both which places he accomplished the introdueti-
of freh virus in ali its activity, by the means al
ready related: refult, which the Englilh, on re-
peated trials. had failed to procure in the various
cations when they brought out portions of matter in
the ihips of their Fan India Company, which loA
their efficacy on the paffige, and arrived inert.
After having propagated the vaccine at Canton, a.
far poa6ility and the political circumstances of the
empire would permit, and having coElided the fur
ther determination of it the phyficans of the Engih
factory at the aforementioned port, Bamis return.
ed to Macao, and embarked in a Portugueie vellel
for Lifbon; where he arrived on the ith Auguif
In the way he Popped St Helena in which, as in
other places by dur of exhortaton and perseverance
he prevailed upon the Englilh adopt the anonilh-
ing antidote, which they had undervalued for the
fpaee of more than eght years, though it diff
coverY Of their nat;on and though it was ient to
them By JaNNER himielf.
OF thar part OF the expedition which was defined
For Peru, it is afcerained that it Gp-wrscked in
one Of the mouths Of the River de Ia Macdalena;
bit havirg derived immediate fiiccour from the ma
tive., from the governor of Carthagena the fub-di.
rector, the three members Of TIE faculty. who accom-
pInied him, and the children were iaved, with the
1uid in good prefervatioD, which they extended in
that port, its province with activity and fuceefs
Thence il carried the Rhnlus of Pana.
ma, and perfons, properly provided with all ne
cgG4ries, undertook the long & painful naviga-
ton of the river de Ia Magdalena fepara-
ting when they reached the interior, to difcharge
their cornmillion in the towns of Tenerfe, Mompcx
Ocan,, Soeorso, San Oily Mcden, in the valley of
Cututa, and in the cities of Pan,pona Giron Tunia
Velez, and other places in the neighborhood until
they at Santa Fe leaving every where fuitabe
innru6ons for the members Of the faculty. and in the
more eonf1erablc towns, regulations conformable to
thofe rules which the director had preferibed for the
preervation Of the virus which tbs Viceroy aiirms
70 have been communicated to INV fbog(lad perlons
without one nnfavotabe refult. Towards the elofe
Of March, 1905, they prepared TO continue their
journey in feFerae tracts for the purpofe of extend
ing themleiyes with greater facility and prompttude
the remaining diGreis Of the Vies-royalty tu-
sted ia the road Of Po?ayan, Cusnca, and Quito as
5ar as Lima. In tn. Avgua following they reached
Gusyaqui.
1he refult Of this expedition has beeD not merely
IN thread shc Vaccine among all oro-le