240 Continuation of the Comparison of the 



vaccine Inoculalion, which was also extended through the 

 whole island. The benefits received at Palermo from the 

 cow-pock excited a great wish for its practice in Naples, 

 where the small-pox has always been considered as very 

 fatal. An hospital was also there established by his Ma- 

 jesty? and the practice of vaccine inoculation was speedily 

 adopted throughoui the whole kingdom; his Majesty hav- 

 iniT conmianded that children to be inoculated, attended by 

 suVsreons to be instructed in the practice, should be sent 

 froin each province to the hospital at Naples, to carry both 

 the knowledge of the disease, and the practice of it, nito 

 their respective provinces. On his leaving Naples the wit- 

 ness received \ cry honourable testimonials from his Sicilian 

 Majesty, whicji were produced. He also extended his prac- 

 tice to other parts of Europe, to Rome, Leghorn, and Ge- 

 noa ; and in every instance where tried he found it resist 

 t'"e infuelion of the small-pox. He never heard that anv" 

 such mode of inoculation had been praclised or known in 

 those countries before; and, as an example of the disbelief 

 cnlerlained bv llie niedical men of Naples, he related a trial 

 which they instituted soon after his arrival there, and with- 

 out his knowledge, at the Foundling Hospital ; where they 

 first inoculated with the cow-pox a considerable number of 

 children ; and, after they had passed througii the disease, ex- 

 posed them to all possible modes of infection of the small- 

 pox, loth by inoculation and li/ making them slcap in the 

 Led uitk people infected uith. the small-pox. This trial, 

 which had excited the atlanlion of the whole city, com- 

 pletely established tlie reputation of the cow-pox ; and they 

 appoiiited a dcpuiation to him publicly to express their con- 

 viction of lis ellicacy. 



Public Testimonies. 



" H'-ner-'l MciTnr. i'oudroyant, Mnlta, Dec. 9, 1800. 



'' The small-pox having made its appearance on board 

 the Alexander, and other ships in the fleet, the commander 

 in chief thinkii it necessary to refer the respective captains 

 to the general memorandums of the 19th OctoSer last, and 

 to recommend iimnediate application to Dr. Marshall and 

 Dr. Walker, whose safe and excellent mode of treatment 

 ba:; been experienced on board the Foudroyant, and other 

 ship>, in preventing the dreadful effects so often attending 

 the small-pox, which mav now so easily be avoided without 

 daiiper or inconveniencc- 



" By command of the vice-admiral, 

 (SJiined) '■' WiLLLAM Young." 

 " To the respective captair;-, &'c." 



" These 



