44 Proceedings of the Newport Natural History Society. 
of Dr. Joseph H. Hunt, of Brooklyn, I shall show you an 
equal number, unrepresented in the Government series, 
from his own superb collection, together with several of 
my own, unpossessed by either. With them you will notice 
one of the caricatures that were issued during Jenner’s life. 
I also call your attention to a MS. letter of Jenner, from 
my daughter’s autograph collection, which, if possibly not 
an original, is a very old facsimile. 
The gatherings in honor of Jenner to which I have re¬ 
ferred, have been merely of medical men, the class by whom 
the benefits of vaccination would naturally be most clearly 
appreciated. It has remained for Newport to rise to a still 
higher plane, and to set an example that will be quite cer¬ 
tain to be followed at the close of another century. Jenner 
was not only a physician and did good medical work. He 
was also a profound naturalist, and an universal benefactor, 
beside whose glory those of all others pale. 
The three scientific societies of Newport have therefore 
united in rendering him their common tribute of gratitude 
and praise. The Newport Historical Society, through its 
President, Dr. Turner; the Newport Medical Society, 
through its President, Dr. Rankin, and the Newport Natural 
History Society, through its President also, have endeavored 
together to voice the sentiments of the whole community. 
That illness prevented my presence at the opening meeting 
caused me severe disappointment, for my address was ready? 
and I desired to hear those of my colleagues, of which I 
had but an abstract when Dr. Rankin made me, that even¬ 
ing, his almost midnight visit. That I could not attend 
had, however, its compensation, for it gave opportunity to 
several of my friends to testify, more eloquently than I'can 
hope to do, to their own appreciation of Jenner and his 
work. 
My task upon this interesting occasion is to present to 
you glimpses into an entirely different portion of Dr. Jen¬ 
ner’s life from those previously shown to you, and, if I can, 
to enable you to appreciate the influences which favorably 
