Extracts from the third and fourth numbers of the Vaccine Inquirer
Subtitle: or, miscellaneous collections relative to vaccination
By: By a society of physicians in Baltimore
Published: 1822
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
Subjects: Vaccination; Law and legislation; Smallpox; Prevention; United States
Other titles: North Carolina accident.; The Vaccine Inquirer. No. 3-4.
Notes: Cover title.

Caption and running title: The North Carolina accident.

In 1821 Dr. James Smith, U.S. vaccine agent in Baltimore, mistakenly sent smallpox crusts instead of vaccine fluid to Dr. John F. Ward of Tarboro, N.C. Dr. Ward used these for inoculation, precipitating an epidemic which brought about the repeal by Congress of the 1813 "Act to encourage vaccination" in 1822. See G. G. Johnson, Ante-bellum North Carolina (Chapel Hill, 1937) p. 734-736.

After a brief introductory account, the text consists of correspondence between Dr. Smith, Dr. Ward, and others, with the proceedings in Congress.