- Report of the Faculty 
Report of the National Vaccine Establishment. 387 
Query ¢d.—Is it the pinion of the Coilege, that any 
had effects can justly be attributed to vaccination ? 
Answer.—It is the opinion of the College, that no bad 
effects whatever can justly be attributed to vaccination. 
Query 3d.—Is this practice approved of generally by the 
medical profession and by the public ? 
Answer.—The practice of vaccination is generally ap 
proved of by the medical profession and by the public 
throughout Scotland. There is, however, observed among 
the lower orders of the community a degree of apathy, 
which, although they certainly approve of the practice, pre- 
vents them from bringing forward their children for vacci- 
nation, unless urged to do so by the appearance of small- 
pox in their neighbourhood. 
Query 4th.—To what degree is small-pox inoculation 
practised ? 
Answet.—The College know of very few instances~in 
which sinall-pox inoculation has Ieen practised or even re- 
quired to be practised by any of its members during the 
last six or eight years, unless as a test of perfect vaccination. 
And they believe that the same is generally the case with 
the medical practitioners throughout Scotland, except in a 
few situations in which small-pox have appeared, and 
where at the time no vaccine matter could be obtained. 
Query Jast.—Has the mortality from small-pox been 
observed to decrease throughout Scotland, since vaccination 
was introduced ? 
Answer,—As bills of mortality are not general in Scot 
land, it is impossible to ascertain the proportion of deaths 
from small-pox ; but from the best information the College 
have been able to obtain, they believe that the mortality 
from sinall-pox has greatly decreased since the introduction 
of vaccination. I have the honour to be, sir, 
Your most obedient and most humble servant, 
A. Gillespie, 
Edinburgh, Dec. 26, 1810. President of the Royal College and 
Corporation of Surgeons of Edinburgh, 
To James Moore, Esq. 
of Physicians and Surgéons of 
.. Glasgow. . 
/  S1x,—Tue faculty of Physicians and Surgeons in Glas- 
gow, in answer to your queries, beg leave to observe, 
Ist.—-That in this: city the practice of vaccination has 
“-Bbe increase 
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