CHRONICLE. ‘ 
Jenner, entered largely into calcu- 
lations of the mortality occasioned 
by the small-pox, and the decrease 
of that mortality since the introduc- 
tion of the Jennerian discovery—a 
discovery, to the honour of which 
Dr. Jenneris wholly entitled. 11,800 
persons, he observed, had been ino- 
eulated, in the short space of two 
years, and of 2,500 who had gone 
through the cow-pock, and were 
afterwards inoculated for the small- 
pox, not one persen took the latter. 
He stated, that, for 1000 years, the 
small-pox had thinned the popula- 
tion of Europe, had robbed the af- 
fections of fathers, the yearning 
hearts of mothers, of their dearest 
joys; that the cooling practice of 
Sydhenham, invented about 150 
years since, tended to lessen the de- 
yastation ; that inoculation, com- 
mencing at a later period, had, in 
fact, increased the mischief which 
it seemed to diminish ; that the’ pre- 
sent annual-deaths, by the small- 
pox, were, for the metropolis 3000, 
for the whole empire 40,000; that 
Dr. Jenner’s invention, aflording an 
effectual preventive, not commu- 
nicable otherwise than by imocula- 
tion, yielded a sure hope of the ul- 
timate extirpation of this most ter- 
rible of plagues; that, for this rea- 
son, the design of the present meet- 
ing, expressed in an address to the 
public (which he moved), was one 
of the most beneficent to which hu- 
man beings could, in this state of 
existence, give their aid. He ap- 
pealed to the numerous assemblage 
of medical men, friends to the sys- 
, tem, who were then present; whe- 
ther his observations and assertions 
were not founded in fact. 
’ The proposed address to the pub- 
lic was then read, by the chief ma- 
gistrate, from the chair, in the fol- 
lowing words: 
857 
‘¢ The dreadful havock, occasions 
ed by that horrid pestilence the 
small-pox, which, in the united king- 
dom alone, annually sweeps away 
more than 40,000 persons, has long 
beena subject of deep regret to every 
humane and reflecting mind. 
‘¢ The inoculation of this disease 
has opposed an ineffectual resistance 
to its destructive career. Although 
confessedly a valuable improvement 
in rendering the disease more mild 5 
yet, such has been the consequence 
of the partial adoption of the prac. 
tice, that it appears, on a careful 
review of the history of the small- 
pox, that inoculation, by spreading 
the contagion, has considerably in- 
creased its mortality. 
‘¢ A new species of inoculation has 
at length been providentially intro- 
duced, by our countryman, Dr. 
Jenner; which, without being con- 
tagious, without occasioning any 
material indisposition, or leaving 
any blemish, proves an effectual 
preservative against the future in- 
tection Of the small-pox. 
‘“« The house of commons, having 
investigated this subject with the 
most scrupulous attention, and be- 
ing perfectly convinced of the supe- 
rior advantages resulting from this 
discovery, have given their sanction 
to the practice; the safety, mildness, 
and efficacy of which, more than 
half a million of instances have fully 
confirmed. 
‘¢ The unspeakable benefits which 
may be expected to arise from an 
extensive diffusion of this salutary 
practice, will be much accelerdted 
by the establishment of an institu- 
tion in a central part of the metro- 
polis, on a broad basis, supported 
with a spirit equal to the design, 
and worthy of the character of the 
British nation. And, when the mag- 
nitude of the object is considered, 
Aas which 
