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seilles, has publicly called upon the 
French nation to bestow on Dr. Edward 
Jenner a reward worthy of the services 
which he has rendered to mankind. “ I¢ 
is ten years,” says he, “ since Dr. Jenner 
ascertained that vaccine inoculation it 
% preservative against the small-pox. It 
is upwards of thirty since he commenced 
his researches into the nature of the 
cow-pox. It is nine since he made public 
that invaluable discovery; and it. is 
seven since his practice was introduced 
into France. It is now spread over 
almost every part of the globe. Several 
millions have experienced its beneficial 
effects, and every day is marked with | 
new and aniform success, What a debt 
ef gratitude do we owe to the author of 
this new method! Al] nations pour forth 
their benedictions upon him. — Every 
country, every city, weuld fain offer him 
acivic crown, and each individual express 
his gratitude. What mortal was ever 
more useful to society? No kind of 
reward, no dignity, can be an adequate 
compensation for such a service. The 
roble and generous manner *in. which 
Jenner communicated his knowledge, his 
solicitude to ascertain the results of his 
experiments, are beyond ail praise. 
Engaged in accomplishing a great revolu- 
tion in this important part of medicine, 
and i1 promoting the wellare of his 
fellow-creatures, hy a practice as simple 
as it was extraordinary, he thought no- 
thing, so that he could but ultimately 
succeed, either of time, trouble, or the~ 
‘expense incurred by a very extensive 
correspondence. The French physicians 
were not the last to proclaim him the 
benefactor of mankind; and in this they 
are joined by the public opinion. ‘The 
. central committee of vaccination, esta- 
blished at Paris, under the auspices of 
government, observes in ihe report 
published by it in 1803: ‘The committee 
will not conclude this sketch of its pro- 
ezedings, without payig a just tribute 
of gratitude to Dr. Jenner, the illustrious 
author of this discovery, who will hence- 
forth be numbered among those men 
who have done the most honor to science, . 
_ and the greatest service to humanity.’ 
The reward conferred on Jenner, by the 
English parliament, in 1802, though 
accompanied with the’ most gratifying 
expressions, is ¥ery inadequate to the 
incalculable advantages which will result 
from his discovery. If the English 
nation, during the reign of queen Anne, 
loaded the duke of Marlborough with 
honors; if, to reward his oulitary achieve. 
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ments, they presented him with princely 
domains, built for him the magnificent 
palace of Blenheim, and erected on a 
hillin his park, a splendid monument, 
whose base, covered with inscriptions, 
attests his martial exploits, and whose 
summit is crowned with a statue of that 
general, there is nothing astonishing in 
all this. But what excites much greater 
surprise is, that the same nation has, 
since 1802, done nothing more for Jen- 
ner, except that in 1805, the lord mayor, 
and common council of London, be- 
stowed on him a testimony of the publie 
gratitude, by presenting him with the 
freedom of the city, m a gold box, 
enriched with diamonds and emblems 
allusive to science, ‘ for the salutary dis- 
covery of the vaccine inoculation, owing 
to his indefatigable researches.’ Jenner 
has become the man of all nations. 
Like Hippocrates, he belongs to every 
country. His name will live to the most 
remote posterity. It is the present gene~ 
ration which owes him a great remunera- 
tion. May it be worthy of one of the 
fairest epochs of the world! May the 
Freuch nation, which is capable of appre- 
ciating great things, not delay it too 
long! Induced by these considerations, 
I would suggest to all the societies in 
the French empive for promoting the. 
advancement of the healing aft, the 
following propositions:—1. To open, with 
the consent and under the patronage 
‘of government, a subscription for ~ Dr. 
Jenner. 2%. The committee of the cen- 
tral vaccine society, and the medical 
societies of the metropolis, should be 
exclusively empowered to determine the 
nature of the recompence to be decreed 
to that great man. 3. These societies 
might depute some of their members, to 
present a plan to that effect; and to 
obtain permission of the minister of the 
interior, to invite the medical societies 
of the departments to contribute to the 
present, by voluntary subscriptions. 4. 
Every learned society, -and every indivi- 
dual who cultivates the healing art, 
should likewise be at liberty to contri- 
bute. 5. At the period fixed for closing 
the subscription, the committee formed 
by the societies of Paris, should appomt 
deputies to go to England, when circum. 
stances,and the government, shali permit, 
to present our homage and our gratitude 
to Dr. Jenner. 6. The same commit- 
tee should hkewise determine the time 
and place for erecting a statue in honor 
of him. 7. It is to be presumed, that 
the medical societies will not fail to 
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