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tnortality is yet perceived, may easily be understood, v.hcn 

 it is considered that the persons inoculated for the cow 

 pock are chitfly those who would have been inoculated forthc 

 small pox; raid therefore the same proportion remained for 

 the natural small pox. Hence, hitherto, waccine inocula- 

 tion, like the small pox inoculation, is only a benefit to 

 individuals ; but that benefit is very much greater than 

 the variolous inoculation, although the variolous inocula- 

 tion, by preventing the natural small pox, was, till the vac- 

 cine inoculation, the greatest benefit in physic. Prejudice, 

 indolence, ivnorance, want of opportunities, still occasion 

 inoculation of either kind to be but partially adopted bv so- 

 ciety at large. How far laws might be established, or 

 means be found out, for everv person within a certain period 

 atter birth being; inoculated, cannot be discussed on this 

 occasion, however important the question may be for the 

 legislature. 



After dinner, the president being obliged to attend the 

 house of peers, the folhnving statement was deli%'ercd bv the 

 right honourable lord Pctre, one of the vice-presidents : — 



*' The grand object of this institution, on its establish- 

 ment a little more than four years ago, was, to extinguish 

 the small pox, by substituting for it the inoculation of the 

 cow pock : but however greit the obligations of the public 

 were to Dr. Jcnner, the proniulcator of the leading practi- 

 cal fact in 179s, to Dr. Pearson, also in 1798, and to Dt. 

 Woodville, in 179P, for their iiivestigation to justify the 

 new inoculation, still a professed institution was wanting 

 in order io, 



" I. Extend by gratuitous inoculation the historv of tlic 

 vjccine pock, of which, comparatively, but httle was still 

 known. 



" H. To difi'use the knowledge of the new practice. 



" HI. To preserve asuccession of patients lor matter for 

 the use of the public. 



" To v.-hat extent the first of these designs has been exe- 

 cuted maybejudged frcm the report published in a former 

 year, and from the papers distributed containing directions 

 for inoculation; and will be judged of further by the report 

 this day read, and ordered to be printed. 



*' With regard to the second part of the plan, the dlffv • 

 .siiig the kiioivlcdge of the new innciilation; the practice has 

 been publicly carried on twice a week since .January ISOO, 

 at which a great number of practitioners and many student.'* 

 have been present for instruction. 



*' Institutions confessedly upon a similar plan have been 



established 



