Si KoyalJennerian Society. 



the anticnt records offalconrv^ in the reign of Edward Vf, 

 The uOrd mewS) now improperly but generally applied to a 

 pile ot" stables, was oria;inaUy applied to a long range of build- 

 ings appropriated to the meioing and breeding of falcons. 



An old f)ainting, dated 1560, with the poetic inscription — 

 " Rather dcathe-^Thcn false of faythe," was exhibited by 

 a baronet, under the impres.-ion of its being a portrait of 

 lady Jane Grey ; but rthich might be more probably her mo- 

 ther, a-s supposed by the secretary, the Rev. Mr. Brand. 

 This circun>stancc should teach amateurs not to be so cre- 

 dulous in purchasing old paintings. 



ROYAL JENNEFxIAN SOCIETY. 



At S Special meeting of the board of directors, lately held 

 at the central houseof the society, No. 14, Salisbury-square, 

 Fleet-street, the following report of the medical council, on 

 the subject of vaccine inoculation, was laid before the 

 board. 



HEPORT. 



The medical Council of the Royal Jennerian Society, 

 having been informed that various cases had occurred, which 

 excited prejudices against vaccine inoculation, and tended 

 to check the progress of that important discovery in this 

 kingdom,- appointed a committee of twenty-five of tbeir 

 menllDers to inquire, not only into the nature and truth of 

 sueh cases, but also into the evidence respecting instances 

 of small-pox, alleged to have occurred twice in the same 

 person. 



• In consequence of this reference, the coinrnittec made 

 diligent inquiry into the history of a number of cases, in 

 \i'b'lch it was supposed that vacemation had failed to prevent 

 the small-pox, and also of such cases of small-pox as were 

 stated to have happened subsequently to the natutal or 

 inoculated small-pox. 



In the cotii'se of th(:ir examination the committee learned, 

 that opinions and assertions h;td been advanced and cir- 

 culated, which charged the cow-pox with rendering patients 

 fiable to particular diseases, frightful in their appearance, 

 arnd hitherto unknown; and judging such opinions to be 



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