The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-02-09

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DIR. john Caldwell gives some points
about the great JenleI, the discoverer
Of vaccination ''Jenner he says
thus wrote To a fr.eny,:-
The vaccine .!isea ), In my opinion
u not preventive Of the small pox
but the small pOx ltsef that is to say,
the horrible form undc~ which the dis
ease appears III its contagious state, is
As | concelve) a malignant variety.
Again: What have said on the
vaccine subject is true If properly con
Quoted, 1t secures the constitution as
much as the inoculalion possibly can
1t Is the smal pox III a purer form
than that which has been current
among US for twelve censuries past.
Ii Is interesting TO record the names
OF those who abandoned all prejudice,
and SO llcltous to promote "a general
good, submitted to the practice at its
earliest period. Mr. Henry Hicks was
the first to submit his own children to
the vaccination. Lady Frances Nor
ton QIady Ducle) was the first person
age of rank who had her child, and her
only child, vacclnated. The Countess
of Berkely was very instrumental in
forwarding it, and the children of King
William lV were vaccinnated by Br.
Knight. So numerous IRE the enqui
ries on the matter SO vUlumnious was
the correspondence, that Ae tacetlouSiy
termed himself the vaccine clerk or the
world.
The, Royal Jenucrian Society was
ests bLshed I'D 1893, and mad the King
and the Queen and many others high
III authority for its patrons.
Gin the 29th Of July, 1907, the En-
glish House Of Parliament passed an
act which gave DR.. Jenner Sl0O. 600, "a
a slight token for his discovery. The
Empress DJwager Of RuSsa sent him a
ilamoud ring, accompanied by letter.
Ii testimony of her admir-, ton for vac
Gina .iol. She had her Il st child vac
cnst.d and named it Vaccinoff )"
The Medical Society of London preSen-
ted him with gold medal. The Phvs-
ical Society Of Gui-e mad aim an hon
orary member Tue no1. yanG yen.ry
Of GloucestershiIe presen ID him w:th
an elegant gold cup, and 4rious other
marks of consideration w,. G bestowed
h.n, as testimonials 10 The benefi,
ht mad conterrei Upon mankind. lie
was chosen Mayor of his native town,
and received the freedom Of the c,rpo-
ratlons OF Dublin auu Edinburgh.
Y pOn the breaking out Of the war
between England and France, among
oJhers VI detained in the latter country
was DR.. Nlckham, Of the travelling Eel
lows ofthe University ofOxford. Dr.Jen
ner was So ,i,lIed to use his interference o
procure his release. He aidle.sed Il
oetltloD to Napoleon for his dc.lverancc
The anlmosity OF Bonaparte to England
Was then at its height. The petition
was presented to the Emperor in his
carriage when they were changing
horses. Away! away !" exclaimed the
Emperor But do you see," said
Josephine, from whom this comes =
Dr.. Jenner? The tone OF the Emperor
voice WAS Immediately s1ttened, and he
idded, What that aeuu asi..s must not
Be retused' The petition aaa granted
He also succeeded in obt.iIing the lib
Grafton OF other individuals
Dr. Jenners Iabors seemed to IL
most warmly appreciated IN the East
For thousand pounds were transmit
ted from Bengal, f2 900 from Bombay
fl 400 from Madras. ana poems Wei,
written in Praise Of vaccination IN
quarters OF the globe.
Among Dr. Jenner's last testimon
was: My opinion of vaccination j,
precisely as it was when [ first promui
gated the discovery. 1t is not in the
least strengthened by any event whicll
1as happened, for it could gain no
strength; it is not in the least weakened
BY failures recorded, for had they not
happened, the truth of my assertions
respecting those coincidents which oc-
casioned them would not have been
made out. :"
The elder Jenner died of apoplexy,
on the Goth Of Jonuary, 1923.
In conclusion, Messrs. Editors, it is
my opinion and firm belief, founded
upon large experience in army and
hospital life, where many cases of small
pox and vaccination came under my
care and observation, that wnen this
scourge becomes epidemic, the only. true
and safe mode of protection rests in
universal vaccination of the community
afflicted, as it was my practice In this
extensive field to vaccinate each and
every individual within the bounds OF
she command. In numerous cases vac
cination took most thoroughly, and ip
some instances those who had had |
small-po before manifested the infu |
ence of vaccination most markedly, and |
indeed, with those suffering with small
pox itself, | found the disease much |
modified by being vaccinated at the
same time, 80 that smallpox and vac